Final Thoughts

I am in Fort Wayne, Ind., along with members of my Steel 101 team, John Eckstein, Mario Briccetti, Steve Murphy, Steve Painter, Sandy Williams, as well as Tim Triplett who will be attending his first Steel 101 workshop. Over the next two days, we will be working with a large class of attendees and discussing the steel making and rolling process. We will also discuss how steel is bought and sold and some of the factors that are key to supply and demand, as well as costs.

I want to take a moment to thank Charlie Trowbridge and all of the management and employees at Steel Dynamics (SDI) as we will be touring their steel mill on Thursday morning. Later in the morning, we will tour the Paragon Steel service center operation, which is located on the campus of SDI. I want to thank Pete Henry for the invitation to tour their facility and for working with SMU to ensure that our Steel 101 attendees get the most out of our program.