Steel Products
SMU Community Chat Recording & Speaker for Next Week
Written by John Packard
April 15, 2020
On Wednesday, April 15 Steel Market Update hosted our weekly SMU Community Chat Webinar with Phil Raimondo of Behlen Manufacturing and John Packard, President & CEO of Steel Market Update. We had a minor technical glitch which got us out of the gates around 11:10 (our mistake as we learn how to use the Zoom webinar software). The webinar took 40 minutes and was well received by the 555 people who were registerd for the event.
The video recording is now available for today’s SMU Community Chat webinar featuring Philip Raimondo, President & CEO of Behlen Manufacturing. Click here to view the recording (you will need to register if you have not done so already – there is no charge for registration or viewing of the recording).
Next week’s free webinar will be held on Wednesday, April 22nd at 11 A.M. Eastern Time and will feature Bernard Swiecki of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). This webinar is open to SMU & CRU members, as well as anyone in the industry. Click here to register.
Bernard Swiecki serves as Director of the Automotive Communities Partnership (ACP) at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), as well as a Senior Automotive Analyst in CAR’s Industry, Labor, and Economics (ILE) group. He joined CAR in 1994. Bernard has written and managed research in a diverse array of automotive fields pertaining to automaker/supplier relationships, electric and alternative powertrain vehicles. He manages CAR’s analysis of vehicle sales, production, and segmentation data. He has also led trade missions to China, Italy, India, and Russia.
I have seen Bernard speak on a number of occasions and we believe he will provide valuable information about the automotive industry as the auto plants come back online, as well as auto demand and what we should expect for automotive production over the next 3-12 months.
Attendees can submit questions and we will endeavor to answer as many as possible during the planned 30 to 40 minute window of time we have scheduled for the webinar.
I will provide real-time market intelligence as we speak directly with steel buyers, steel mills, trading companies, toll processors and others associated with the flat rolled and plate steel markets.
Please join us next Wednesday (and every Wednesday) at 11:00 AM Eastern Time (10:00 AM Central Time, 9:00 AM Mountain Time and 8:00 AM Pacific Time).
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us at info@SteelMarketUpdate.com
Sincerely,
John Packard
President & CEO
Steel Market Update
John Packard
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