Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
May 18, 2018
We continue to book more registrations for the 2018 SMU Steel Summit Conference, which will be held on Aug. 27-29 at the Georgia International Convention Center right next to the Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
Some of the companies that registered late last week: Hyundai Steel USA, Tata Steel, McNichols Company, ALCOS Machinery Inc., USS Posco, Charter Steel, Willbanks Metals Inc., Olympic Steel, Crowe Horwath LLP, Chemcoaters, PADNOS, Steel Dynamics, Hascall Steel Company, Commercial Metal Forming, Metal One America, Affinity Metals and many others. We have reach 500 executives as we strive to bring 800 people to Atlanta for this year’s event. You can find more information (and a list of the companies registered to date) on our website: www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/events/steel-summit
I will be in my office all this week. You can reach me at 800-432-3475 or by email at John@SteelMarketUpdate.com. Please contact me should you have any questions or suggestions.
As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher
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