Month: June 2013


Curved steel companies may receive the same requests for quotations, but their actual products may not be of the same quality. When purchasing straight steel, you largely know what to expect.  There are standardized specifications and tolerances that steel mills Read more…


The supply chain for structural steel construction begins with the producers of steel:  steel mills.  What was once thought of as a dirty, inefficient business has now received awards from the Environmental Protection Agency for best industry performance. According to Read more…


Sales and marketing basically come down to three elements:  the products and services offered by a company, the needs of its customers, and the marketplace including competing products and competitors.  Those of us in the metal industry are typically business-to-business Read more…


The United States structural steel supply chain is designed to optimize project designs while at the same time make the process as smooth and time efficient as possible.  Generally the supply chain consists of scrap metal from recyclers going to Read more…


The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) promotes the use of steel in construction.  Their motto is “There’s always a solution in steel.”  It is in the public’s interest to identify those projects where steel provides the optimal solution to Read more…


Every product that needs to be shipped presents its own set of concerns, and this observation is true for shipping curved metal.  Whether the radiused members are component parts of equipment or structural members for a building, how the goods Read more…

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