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Join SMU for a Community Chat with Barry Zekelman on March 20
Written by Michael Cowden
March 14, 2024
Join SMU’s next Community Chat webinar with Barry Zekelman, executive chairman and CEO of Zekelman Industries – the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America.
The webinar will be on Wednesday, March 20, at 11 a.m. ET. It’s free for all to attend. A recording will be available to SMU members. You can register here.
Zekelman is known for his straight talk and, because his company is one of the largest steel buyers in North America, his expertise in steel market trends.
He’ll take your questions too. As usual, we’ll keep it to ~45 minutes, so you can learn a few things and then get on with your day.
PS – Zekelman will also be a featured speaker at our Steel Summit conference on Aug. 26-28 at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. You can learn more about the event and register here.
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