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SMU Steel Summit: The Countdown is On!
Written by Becca Moczygemba
July 20, 2023
We’ve reached approximately 1,100 registrations for SMU’s 2023 Steel Summit Conference, which is only 31 days away. There’s still plenty of time to register, just click here.
Steel Summit is Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 21-23, in Atlanta at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC). The agenda is here
All Steel Market Update and CRU subscribers get a $100 discount, and there is a group discount of $100 per person for companies that register two or more people together. Both discounts can be combined for a savings of $200 when registrations are booked at the same time. An additional discount is available for members of the NexGen Metals Community.
The GICC is located next to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and you can get from the airport to the event on a free tram. All the discounted hotel room blocks are booked, but there are still rooms available at hotels in the area.
Companies from all corners of the North American market attend, but you’re sure to meet individuals from all over the world. This is a great opportunity to expand your network within the flat-rolled steel industry. Attendees are not only from steel mills, but from manufacturing companies, distribution, trading, steel mills, wholesalers, toll processors, and logistics companies.
You can start networking now with the Steel Summit app. Login information will be sent to you once your registration is complete.
SMU Steel Summit is in its 13th year. Here is a list of companies that recently booked spots at this year’s show. You can click here for a more complete list including all registered companies. Do you see your company’s name? Those with an asterisk next to their name are sending more than one person to the event:
Advance Steel Co., Applied Value LLC, *Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel, Brown Brothers Harriman, *Buddy Moore Trucking, Carrier, *Chemcoaters LLC, CTLC / CGB Agforce, *Galvasid S.A. de C.V., *Honors Commodity Co., Ltd, *Ideal Clamp Products, Janco Steel, *Janus International Group, LLC, *JMS Russel Metals Corp., *Kenwal Steel, Masonite, NASPD, NIM Group, Nova Steel Inc., Perfiles LM, Phoenix Metals, Quality Metal Stamping, *Reynolds Services, Inc., *Samuel Packaging Systems Group, Sheffield Metals International, *Shivom Jay Steels International, *SIMS Metal Management, *SMS group Inc., Tempel Steel Company, *thyssenkrupp Materials Trading NA
Check out www.events.crugroup.com/smusteelsummit for more information.
Becca Moczygemba
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