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SMU Steel Summit 2025: Prime hotel spots are nearly gone!
Written by David Schollaert
April 4, 2025
After last year’s historic turnout, the buzz around SMU’s Steel Summit 2025 is picking up.
So, it’s no surprise room blocks are going quick, and I mean FAST. Get ready for another blockbuster event!
This year’s meeting of the North American flat-rolled steel industry is shaping up to be another record-setting gathering with a timely agenda and a roster of expert speakers.
It runs Monday, Aug. 25 – Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Atlanta at the GICC. You can register here.
GICC hotels
Hotels immediately across from and next to the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) – Marriott, Renaissance, SpringHill Suites, and AC Hotel – are nearly fully booked.
You may still find availability there. But not for long – so run, don’t walk, and get your reservation before they are sold out.
Other hotel options
If you happen to have not secured your accommodations and you find the prime locations are sold out, here are other nearby hotels (no affiliation or room block) you can check. But don’t delay, if current registrations are any indication of this year’s turnout, these hotels will fill up soon as well!
- Tru by Hilton Atlanta Airport College Park – walking distance (new hotel)
- Home2 Suites by Hilton Atlanta Airport College Park – walking distance (new hotel)
- Atlanta Airport Marriott – 6 minutes by car
- The Westin Atlanta Airport – 4 minutes by car
- Radisson Hotel Atlanta Airport – 4 minutes by car
If you haven’t registered yet for the can’t-miss steel event of 2025, what are you waiting for? Join the more than 400 steel industry professionals from nearly 200 companies that are already registered to attend the Summit this August in Atlanta.
Who’s already attending
A.Duie Pyle, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Algoma Steel, Inc., All Metals, All Weather Insulated Panels, Alliance Laundry Systems, Alliance Steel LLC, Alro Steel, Altec Industries, Inc., American Heavy Plates, American Iron and Steel Institute, American Metal Group, American Metals Supply Co., Inc., Arbon Steel, ArcelorMittal Inc., ArcelorMittal USA LLC, ARCO Innovations, Arcosa, ARKU, Inc., Arrow Reload Systems, Bailey Metal Products Ltd, Bank of America, Beaver Steel Services, Inc., Behlen Mfg. Co., Big River Steel, BlueScope Steel Americas, BlueScope Steel Ltd, BMO Bank, N.A., BofA Global Research, BofA Securities, Borusan Berg Pipe, Inc., Borusan Pipe US, Inc., Braner USA, Broan Nutone LLC, Boyd Metals – Division of Russel Metals, Brown Strauss Steel, Butech Bliss, C.D. Wälzholz GmbH & Co. KG, Canam Steel Corporation, Carlisle Construction Materials, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Chapel Steel, Charter Steel Trading, Inc., Chesterfield Steel, Chicago Tube & Iron, China Steel and Nippon Steel Vietnam JSC, CMC Commercial Metals, CMC Steel, CO Building Systems, Cooper Consolidated LLC, Copeland, CRU, CT.Inc, Daviess County Metal Sales, Diehl Tool Steel, Dow Jones, Elgen Manufacturing, Enstructure, Evapco, Inc., Fagor Arrasate USA, Inc., Fasco, Feralloy Corporation, Ferragon Corporation, FerrouSouth, Fortune Brands Innovation, Fulton County Processing, Galvaprime, Goldman Sachs & Co.,, Great Lakes Coils, Greenpoint Metals, Inc., Grupo Acerero, Harris Steel Company, Headwall Partners, Heidtman Steel Products, Inc., Heritage Capital Group, Inc., Hirsh Industries, LLC, HUBTEX North America, Hunter Engineering, Huntington National Bank, Igneous SA de CV, Illinois Tool Works, Imperial Manufacturing Group, JD Rush Corporation, Jindal Tubular, John Deere, Kore Machinery, Leeco Steel LLC, Lennox International, M&M Manufacturing, Inc., Macsteel International USA Corp, Magic Coil Products LLC, Magswitch Technologies, Majestic Steel, Marubeni-Itochu Steel America (MISA), McNeilus Steel, Inc., Metal Edge Partners LLC, Metals USA, Meyer Utiltiy Structures, Midmark Corporation, MidWest Materials, Inc., Minnesota Power, MISA, Morrison Products, Inc., NLMK, NLMK USA, North American Steel Alliance, North Shore Steel, North Star BlueScope Steel, NS BlueScope Coated Products NA, Nucor Steel, nvent, Ohio Coatings Company, Olympic Steel, Inc., OMB Treasury, O’Neal Industries, Inc., O’Neal Steel, OneSteel Trading Inc, Optima Steel International LLC, OTI, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Petrosmith Equipment LP, Phillips Tube Group, Phoenix Metals, Priefert Steel, Prime Metal Buildings and Components, Promet Steel, Inc., Qualty Metals Inc., Ratner Steel Supply Company, Reliance, Inc., Rock Trading Advisors, Ltd, Russel Metals, Inc., Ryerson, Sage Policy Group, Inc., Samuel Son and Co., Searing Industries, Sebright Products Inc., Service Steel & Pipe, Shivom Steel LLC, SIMS Metal Management, Siskin Steel & Supply, Southern Coil Solutions LLC, Southwark Metal, SPS Companies, Inc., SSAB, SSAB Americas, SSAB Special Steels, Standard Iron & Wire Works LLC, Starcore, State Steel, Steel Warehouse, Steelscape LLC, SteelSummit Holdings, Inc., Steelway Building Systems, StoneX Financial Inc., Superior Duct Fabrication, Inc., TCC America Corp., Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V., Ternium USA, Inc., The Greenbrier Companies, The Marks Group PC, The Toro Company, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., Trane Technologies, Tri County Metals, Triad Metals International, Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc., Tufts Grinding, Inc., Unicoil, Valmont Industries, Inc., Valtir, Waelzholz North America LLC, Webco Industries, Welser Profile Austria GmbH, Welser Profile North America, West Central Steel Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Worthington Enterprises, Worthington Steel, Zekelman Industries
We hope to see you there!

David Schollaert
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