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Join SMU on Wednesday for a Community Chat with Steel Warehouse!
Written by Michael Cowden
September 12, 2024
Steel Warehouse Chief Commercial Officer Marc Lerman will join Steel Market Update for a Community Chat webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. ET.
You can register here. The live webinar is free for all to attend. A recording will be available only for SMU members.
We’ll discuss the latest happenings at the multinational service center, how the company sees the current market developing, and more. We might even talk a little bit about hockey.
Recall that Steel Warehouse is based in South Bend, Ind. It has additional locations across the US, as well as facilities in Mexico and Brazil. Lerman will bring insights from across the company’s broad reach.
Editor’s note: You can see the full archive of our Community Chat webinars – dating back to April 2020 – here.

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