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January 15, 2026
Final Thoughts: Tampa Steel less than a month away - register today!
Written by Ethan Bernard
We are officially under 30 days away from the Tampa Steel Conference. And things are really starting to heat up. (Well, at least the temperatures in Florida are balmy, even if much of the rest of the country is frozen.)
If you haven’t registered yet, you can register here.
And with less than a month to go, ladies and gentlemen of steel, it’s time to start your networking engines. The conference app has arrived. Yes, your portal to contact the greatest minds of the North American steel industry sits comfortably in your pocket (in either Android or iPhone form).
Attendees should have received an email from conferences@crugroup.com with a QR code to download the app. That same email should also include your username (probably your email) and a password – a series of numbers. You can email that same “conferences” email above if you haven’t received it yet.
Think of it as you passport for the conference. It lists the agenda, allows you to submit questions to speakers, etc. And it will shows attendees and allows you to interact with them via the app. Again, that’s live as we speak. So now is the time to start setting up meetings and sending messages to future best friends.
More than 400 attendees have already signed up. And we’re already at over 250 companies.
Also, a quick update on the agenda. President of North Star BlueScope Steel Conrad Winkler will be unable to speak at the conference. While we are sorry he won’t have a chance to be on stage, we’ll be welcoming back Barry Zekelman for a fireside chat.
Zekelman, executive chairman and CEO of Chicago-based pipe and tube maker Zekelman Industries, last spoke with us at SMU Steel Summit in Atlanta in August. And his unique perspectives on Canada/US relations, the Canadian and US steel industries, and the Trump administration, among many other things, are always a crowd favorite.
Again, if you haven’t signed up yet for the conference, you can still do so here. And check out below a sampling of companies already attending. It’s a literal who’s who of the North American steel industry – and the list is growing every day.
We can’t wait to see you all there!
Companies attending so far
3GM Steel, Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Alliance Family of Companies, Ambassador Supply, Ambassador Supply / Rival, American Consolidated Industries, Inc., American Heavy Plates, American Shipping & Chartering, AMS Specialty Steel, Amsted Automotive, Anchor Partners, Andritz Metals USA Inc., Arbon Steel, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products NA, Argus Media, Associated Terminals, Atlantic Logistics, Attala Steel Industries, B&L Pipeco Services, Bailey Metal Products Ltd, Bank of America, Bank of America Securities, Bannockburn Capital Markets, Bayou Processing & Storage, LP, BBC Chartering USA, Inc., BBC Chartering USA, LLC, Bharat Forge America, Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel, BlueScope Steel Americas, BlueScope Steel Ltd, BMG Latin America Inc., BMG Latin America, Inc., BMO, BofA Securities, Bosch Home Appliances, Bradford White, Braner USA, Briccetti & Associates, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, Butech Bliss, Canadian Steel Producers Association, Carver Maritime, CEMCO, Central National Gottesman, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Century Metals & Supplies, LLC., Champlain Specialty Metals, Chapel Steel, CIH, Citi, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Cleveland Steel Container, CMC, CO Building Systems, Collier Metals, Colonial Terminals, Cooper Consolidated LLC, C-River Logistics, Crowe LLP, Crown Equipment, Crown Equipment Corporation, Crown Products Co., Inc., CRU, CRU/Steel Market Update, Cyan Hill Capital Management, Diehl Tool Steel, Ducker Carlisle, Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Dynamic Metals, Inc., E-Crane USA, Elite Steel, Esmark Steel Group, Fagor Arrasate USA, Inc., Ferrosource LLC / Ferrometrics LLC, FOUR BELLS, Freight Investor Services, Friedman Industries, Fulton County Processing, Georg North America Inc., Gibraltar Building Accessories, Gibraltar Industries, Inc., Goldman Sachs, Grand Steel Products, Inc., Greenpoint Metals, Inc., Heidtman Steel Products, Inc., Heritage Capital Group, Holt Logistics, Holt Logistics Corp., Huntington Bank, Huntington Business Credit, Huntington National Bank, Hybar LLC, Hyundai Steel Company, Imacro Inc, Independent Stave Company, Ingram Barge Company, Ingram Infrastructure Group, Institute for Supply Chain Management, Jefferies LLC, JHR Solutions, JIT Warehousing & Logistics, LLC, JIT Warhousing & Logistics, LLC, Joe Hruska, John Lawrie Tubulars, Journal of Commerce / S&P Global, JSW Steel USA Inc., Kloeckner Metals, Kloeckner Metals Electrical, Lafayette Steel and Aluminum, Lapham Hickey Steel, Liberty Painted Products, Linus Analytics, LLC, Magswitch Technologies, Mainline Metals, Inc., Majestic Steel, Marian Shipping Ltd., McNeilus Steel, Inc., Metal Edge Partners LLC, Metal Master, Metal Minds LLC, Midwest Metals, Mill Steel Company, Millennium Steel of Texas, LP, MISA, Modern Metals Magazine, National Material Company, National Material Processing, Nelson Mullins LLP, Newgate Global Resources, Newgate Global Resources LLC, Nippon Steel North America, Nippon Steel Trading Americas, Inc., Norfolk Southern, North Star BlueScope Steel, Northwest Pipe Company, Nova Steel Inc., Nova Tube & Steel, NS BlueScope Coated Products NA, NSNA, Nucor, Nucor Sheet Group, Nucor Steel, Nucor-Towers and Structures, Ohio Intra Express, Ohio Pickling & Processing, Olympic Steel, Olympic Steel, Inc., OmniSource, Opta Group, Optima Steel International LLC, Oscar Winski, Owen Holdings, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Padnos Recycling, Parker Towing, Phillips Manufacturing, Phoenix Steel Service, Inc., PLS Logistics, PLS Logistics Services, Port Tampa Bay, Ports America, Priefert, Princeton TMX, Prodac, Promet Steel, Inc., PS Logistics, PTC Alliance LLC, Quality Fabrication and Supply, Quarto North America, Qwerty, Ram Steel Framing, Red Bud Industries, Red Dot Products, Reibus International Inc., Reibus Logistics, Reinsfelder, Reliance, Inc., Rheem Manufacturing Company, Rio Tinto, Robinson Inc., Rukert Terminals Corporation, Ryerson, S&P Global, S. H. Bell Company, Second City Metals, Service Steel & Pipe, Sherwin-Williams, Smart Steel Technologies Inc., SMS Group Inc., Southwark Metal, SSAB, SSAB Americas, SSAB Inc, State Plate LLC, State Steel Supply Company, Steel and Pipe Supply, Steel Dynamics Inc, Steel Dynamics, Inc., Steel Manufacturers Association, Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), Steel Market Update, Steel Technologies, Steel Warehouse, Steelscape, SteelSummit, Strategic Resources Inc., Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Summit Global Trading, Superior Steel Supply, Superior Steel Supply LLC, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, Tampa Bay Steel, LLC, Target Steel, Target Steel & Target Metal Blanking, Tata International, Tata International Metals, Tata International Metals Americas, Taylor Machine Works, Inc., Terminal Shipping -a division of John s. Connor Inc., Ternium USA, Inc., Terravest Industries, Tesla, The Bradbury Group, The Law Office of Lewis E. Leibowitz, The Toro Company, Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading NA, Thyssenkrupp Steel North America, Inc, Titan Steel Corporation, Toro Company, Trademark Metals Recycling LLC, Trinity Industries, U. S. Steel, U.S. Steel, Voestalpine USA LLC, VOSS Steel, Watco, Webco Industries, Wells Fargo, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc., Wiley Rein LLP, Wisconsin Steel & Tube Corporation, Worthington Enterprises, Worthington Steel, Zekelman Industries.
