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Tampa Steel Conference will be here before you know it!

Written by David Schollaert


The 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is less than two months away. It is one of the premier domestic steel conferences and a great compliment to our record-breaking SMU Steel Summit this past August.

In addition to our compelling program with the latest forecasts and intel from industry leaders, you’ll find all the great options Tampa, Fla., offers during the winter months: Outdoor networking receptions, a golf tournament, and a harbor tour of Port Tampa Bay.

The event runs from Sunday-Tuesday, Jan. 28-30, and will be at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel.

With just about 250 delegates already registered, we anticipate beating last year’s mark with more than 500 attendees. Accommodations are filling fast so you’ll want to book your room soon. This period is high season for tourism in Florida and the conference follows the Gasparilla pirate festival. You can learn more about the agenda, explore networking opportunities, and register here.

Below are some links for alternate hotels close by:

We will have attendees from all over North America talking about what’s happening in the steel industry. Here’s a list of companies that have already registered. Those with an asterisk next to their name are sending more than one person to the event:

A.R. Savage & Son, LLC*, ADM Investor Services, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Algoma Steel Inc., All Metals, Alliance Steel LLC*, American Heavy Plates*, Ameristar Perimeter Security*, AMS Specialty Steel, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Dofasco*, ASSA ABLOY Door Group, Associated Terminals, BNSF Railway*, BofA*, Borroughs LLC, Celtic Marine and Logistics, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Chancey Metals LLC, CIH*, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Cleveland Steel Container*, CloudForge, Cooper Consolidated LLC*, C-River Logistics, Crown Products Co., Inc., CSX*, Dass Steel*, Diehl Tool Steel, Elgen Manufacturing, Friedman Industries, General Kinematics Corporation*, Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*, Goldman Sachs, Great Circle Shipping Corporation, Greenway Steel, Heidtman Steel*, Heritage Capital Group, Huntington Bank, Illinois Tool Works*, ITW Drawform, Jemison Metals, JIT Warehousing & Logistics, JSW Steel USA Inc.*, Klauer Manufacturing Company*, Kloeckner Metals*, Koch Supply & Trading LP, Lapham Hickey Steel, LB Steel, Magswitch Technology Inc.*, Marian Shipping Ltd., Marubeni-Itochu Steel America*, Metal Edge Partners LLC*, Misetal Trading Solutions*, North Star BlueScope Steel, Northview Advisors, Ohio Steel Sheet & Plate, Optimus Steel LLC*, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Peak Metals Inc., PGT Services, Pier 48 Stevedoring, Primetals Technologies, QSL – Americas*, Ram Steel Framing, Reynolds Services, Inc.*, Ryerson*, Second City Metals, South Jersey Port Corporation*, SSAB Americas*, State Plate LLC*, Steel Dynamics Inc., Steel Warehouse*, SteelSummit-Tennessee, Summit Global Trading*, Superior Steel Supply, LLC, Tata International, Ternium USA, Inc., The Bradbury Group, The Kinetic Company, Timber Products Trucking*, Tri County Metals, U.S. Steel*, Webco Industries, Wesman Salvage*, West Coast Metals, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc.*

We hope to see you there!

David Schollaert

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