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Next Steel 101 Set for Oct. 8-9 in Cincinnati
Written by John Packard
July 10, 2019
SMU Steel 101: Introduction to Steel Making & Market Fundamentals Workshop – Oct. 8-9, 2019 – Cincinnati, Ohio
You can learn more about the program, costs and how to register on our website: www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/Events/Steel101
- Hotel is The Westin Cincinnati, 21 East 5th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
- Hotel reservation phone number is 513-621-7700 (note, you may need to reference this as a CRU Event for the hotel)
- Click here for the booking link to the hotel.
- The workshop will tour the Nucor Gallatin steel mill for the first time. Nucor Gallatin has invested heavily in new equipment including a new galvanizing mill that is just now coming up and should be running well when we arrive in October.
- Instructors for this workshop will be John Packard (President & CEO of SMU, 31 years of active sales/purchasing/management experience in flat rolled representing a steel mill, trading companies and service centers), Roger Walburn (General Manager, Specialty Products for NLMK USA, and also a metallurgist), Chuck McDaniels (Principal of Mica Metal Solutions, a consulting company, and a metallurgist), and Mario Briccetti (Principal of Briccetti and Associates, a consulting company; Mario is also an engineer and purchasing specialist having been VP of Purchasing at Metal Sales Manufacturing, Gibraltar Strip Steel and Director of Supply Chain for Nordyne).
- The class will include people from steel mills, service centers, end users and possibly others associated with the industry. It is the diversity of our attendees that makes this program special.
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