Steel Markets
October 3, 2013
Notes from Metalcon 2013
Written by John Packard
For the past three days, Steel Market Update has been canvassing those attending the Metalcon show in downtown Atlanta. We spoke with manufacturers associated with the metal building, architectural panel and various construction products as well as their service center, steel mill, trading company, paint and toll processors.
We heard mixed results regarding 2013 versus where business rates were at during the prior year. In most cases the results were either up a few percentage points or down a few percentages point. Collectively, the feel was the year has been “ok” – but not as good as expected this time last year.
