Market Segment
September 11, 2025
Written by David Schollaert
Nucor aims to keep plate prices flat for a seventh straight month with the opening of its October order book.
In a letter to customers on Thursday, the Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker said it would maintain last month’s price, effective with new orders received on Thursday, Sept. 11.
Private equity firm SCF Partners announced it has acquired American Piping Products (APP), a pipe and tube distributor headquartered in Chesterfield, Mo.
The Greenbrier Companies received orders for 3,400 new railcars with an aggregate value of ~$600 million during its fiscal fourth quarter ended Aug. 31.
Worthington Enterprises reported higher fiscal first-quarter sales and earnings while citing rapidly growing data center demand and continued tightness in the steel market.
The current plate market squeeze has been driven by improved demand and heightened import barriers, including 50% Section 232 tariffs. But the timing of fall outages—even if they were planned—is exacerbating the supply crunch.
Metalformers’ optimism softened in the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) September Business Conditions Report.