Stainless execs want more autonomy, nonpartisanship

Sep 27, 2012 | 01:53 PM | Thorsten Schier

Tags  stainless, Ed Blot, Ed Blot & Associates, Dennis Oates, Dave Cornelius, Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, Stainless and Its Alloys Conference, Thorsten Schier

NEW YORK — The stainless industry is hoping for less government involvement following the November elections, industry players said at AMM’s 26th annual Stainless and Its Alloys Conference in Chicago.

"I would just counsel (the next president) to back off a little bit. ... The intrusion in business has been significant, and the less of that, the better," according to Dennis Oates, chairman, president and chief executive officer of....





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