April 12, 2009 - Modern Distribution Management

April 12, 2009

Ryerson Opens New Service Center in Utah

Chicago, IL-based Ryerson Inc. has opened a new service center in Clearfield, UT, to serve the Utah Intermountain area. The 40,000-square-foot facility will offer aluminum, stainless and carbon products as well as sawing services.
 
Future plans call for the addition of plate burning and a wider range of processing services.
 

Ryerson Inc. is a distributor and processor of metals in North …

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February Machine Tool Consumption Climbs from January

February U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $129.65 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association and the Association for Manufacturing Technology.  This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was up 28.5% from January but down 62.4% from the total of $345.04 million reported for February 2008.  With a year-to-date total of $230.53 million, 2009 is down 66.2% compared with 2008.

These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.

The February orders confirm the extremely difficult environment our small but vital manufacturing technology suppliers face, said Ronald F. …

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