SMU Data and Models
March 7, 2014
Premium Level Market Analysis Recap
Written by John Packard
On Monday of this week, Steel Market Update (SMU) began our early March flat rolled steel market analysis. We sent invitations to just under 600 companies associated with the industry. Of the companies responding 44 percent were manufacturing companies (end users), 40 percent were steel service centers/wholesalers (distributors), trading companies represented 6 percent of the total while steel mills and toll processors each had 4 percent and the balance (2 percent) was suppliers to the steel industry (such as paint or chemical companies).
Our mix of market segments are intentionally set so that the majority of the respondents are manufacturing companies followed closely by distributors.
