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Get a jump on 2024 at the Tampa Steel Conference

Written by Ethan Bernard

December 21, 2023

While you gear up for the holidays, don’t forget that the 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is just a little over a month away. One of the premier steel conferences in the US, it will be a great complement to our record-breaking SMU Steel Summit this past August.

The event runs from Sunday-Tuesday, Jan. 28-30, and will be at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel. You can learn more about the agenda, explore networking opportunities, and register here.

In addition to our event-filled program with the latest forecasts and intel from industry leaders, flock to the warm weather to enjoy all the great options Tampa, Fla., offers during the winter. At the conference, these include a golf tournament and a harbor tour of Port Tampa Bay.

We have surpassed 300 booked attendees, and are on track to beat last year’s record attendance. Though our blocked-off accommodations have filled, many alternatives remain nearby.

This period is high season for tourism in Florida, and the conference follows the Gasparilla pirate festival. You’ll want to book your room soon!

Below are some links for alternate hotels:

We will have attendees from all over North America. And everyone will be talking about the latest steel industry news! Here’s a list of companies that have already registered. Those with an asterisk next to their name are sending more than one person to the event:

3GM Steel, Inc.*, A. Duie Pyle, A.R. Savage & Son, LLC*, ADM Investor Services, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Alabama State Port Authority*, Algoma Steel Inc.*, All Metals, Alliance Steel LLC*, American Heavy Plates*, Ameristar Perimeter Security*, AMS Specialty Steel, ArcelorMittal*, Argus, Assa Abloy Door Group, Associated Terminals, Atlantic Logistics*, Bank of America, Bayou Processing & Storage, LP*, BBC Chartering USA, LLC, BlueScope Coated Products, BNSF Railway*, Borroughs LLC, Celtic Marine and Logistics, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Chancey Metals LLC, CIH*, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Cleveland Steel Container*, CloudForge, Coilplus, Inc., Cooper Consolidated LLC*, CRC Global Logistics*, C-River Logistics, Crown Products Co., Inc., CSN LLC, CSX*, Cyan Hill Capital Management, Dass Steel*, Diehl Tool Steel, Doosan Bobcat, Duferco Steel Inc, Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Dynamic Metals, Inc.*, Elgen Manufacturing, Ferrosource*, Friedman Industries*, General Kinematics Corporation*, Gibraltar Building Accessories, Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*, Goldman Sachs, Great Circle Shipping Corporation, Greenway Steel, Greystone Maritime International, Gulf & Atlantic Maritime Services, Gulf Stream Marine*, Headlight Solutions*, Heidtman Steel*, Heritage Capital Group, Huntington Bank, Illinois Tool Works (ITW)*, Independent Stave Company, ITW Drawform, Janus International Group, LLC*, Jemison Metals, JIT Warehousing & Logistics, JSW Steel USA Inc.*, Kingdom Pipe and Steel, Klauer Manufacturing Company*, Kloeckner Metals*, Koch Minerals & Trading*, Koch Supply & Trading LP, Koppers, Lapham Hickey Steel*, LB Steel, Logistic Services, Inc., Macsteel International USA, Magic Coil Products, LLC*, Magswitch Technology Inc.*, Majestic Steel*, Marian Shipping Ltd.*, Marquette Transportation Company, Marubeni-Itochu Steel America*, Metal Edge Partners LLC*, Metal Master, Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc., Misetal Trading Solutions*, Mitsubishi International Corporation*, NC State Ports Authority, Nippon Steel Trading Americas, Inc.*, North Shore Steel, North Star BlueScope Steel*, Northview Advisors, NSPS Metals*, Nucor Steel, Ohio Steel Sheet & Plate, Olympic Steel, Inc., OpenTug, Optima Steel International*, Optimus Steel*, Pacesetter Steel, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Pandos Recycling*, Peak Metals Inc., Pennsylvania Steel, PGT Trucking, Inc.*, Pier 48 Stevedoring, Pisec Group America LLC*, Primetals Technologies, PS Logistics, QSL America*, Quality Metal Stamping, Railroad Friction Products Corp*, Ram Steel Framing, Reynolds Services, Inc.*, Ryerson Singer Steel, Ryerson*, Second City Metals, Serviacero Planos S de RL de CV, Serviacero Worthington, Sonoco Metal Packaging*, South Jersey Port Corporation*, SSAB*, SSM Marine, State Plate LLC*, Steel Dynamics*, Steel Warehouse*, SteelSummit Holdings, Inc.*, SteelX, Strategic Resources – BlackRock Metals, Summit Global Trading*, Superior Steel Supply, LLC*, Symbol International Fortune Group Pte. Ltd., Tan Phat Production and Trading Co Ltd, Tata International, Ternium USA, Inc., The Bradbury Group*, The Kinetic Company, Timber Products Trucking*, Tri County Metals, Trinity Industries*, U.S. Steel*, UPG Enterprises LLC*, Varamar USA LLC, Watco Logistics, Webco Industries, Wesman Salvage*, West Coast Metals*, Weyland GmbH, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc.*

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA. in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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