Category: SMU Data and Models

Survey Results: Service Centers & Spot Warehouse/ Dealer Sales

SMU was following up on an article we did earlier this week regarding service center spot sales to other warehouses/dealers during our survey process. We wanted to go out to a larger audience and see what kind of impact distributors were seeing in their sales to other distributors. What we found through our survey is […]

Flat Rolled Steel Pricing is Hard Work and it Should Be Hard Work

Steel Market Update (SMU) ran a number of articles concerning the tepid support service centers were giving spot flat rolled steel price increases into the manufacturing segment of the industry. SMU surveys the industry twice per month and our most recent steel survey was capturing a very modest push by service centers to take their […]