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    Bookings Already Strong for SMU Steel Summit

    Written by John Packard


    Registrations for this summer’s 2022 SMU Steel Summit are already picking up as we will offer another strong program focusing on the issues impacting decisions your company will need to make as it moves into the fourth quarter and 2023. Attendance is projected at approximately 1,200 executives from manufacturing, distribution, trading, steel mills, toll processors, logistics companies, B2B platforms, and companies that supply those market segments. 

    Steel SummitHere are some of the companies already registered for the Aug. 22-24 event in Atlanta: Acero Prime, AGCO, AISI, Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc., Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Alliance Steel, American Heavy Plates, Anchor Bay Steel, Andes Coil Processors, Andritz ASKO, Applied Value LLC, Austal USA, BMO, Bradbury Group, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, Butech Bliss, Cleveland-Cliffs, Conklin Metal Industries, Inc., Crowe, Daikin, Fagor Arrasate, Felux, Ferrosource, Fifth Third Bank, Fraga Industrial, Georg, Gibraltar Industries, Goldman Sachs, Goodman Mfg., Greenpoint Metals, Inc., Harris Steel Company, Haydon Corporation, Heidtman Steel, Huntington Bank, Imperial Manufacturing Group, Jensen Bridge & Supply Co., JFE Shoji America, LLC, JFE Shoji Trade America, Inc., Jupiter Capital Management, Leeco Steel LLC, Magic Coil Products, Mill Steel, Morrison Products Inc., MRH LLC, MRI Steel Framing, Myers Container, North American Steel Alliance, North Coast Container, LLC – Stavig Group, Paragon Steel, PGT Trucking, Priefert Manufacturing, PSI Metals North America Inc., Ranger Steel, Ratner Steel Supply Company, Red Bud Industries, Ryerson, SMA, Sourcing Value, Steel Dynamics, Inc., Steel Manufacturers Association, The Marks Group, Trend Publishing Metals Group, Trinity Industries, Wisconsin Steel & Tube, Zeeco Metals, Inc., and Zekelman Industries.

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