Service centers facing tough times: Goldenberg

Dec 27, 2012 | 01:51 PM | Chris Prentice

Tags  ASD, Association of Steel Distributors, Delaware Steel, Lisa Goldenberg, steel distributors, steel service centers, steel companies, steel prices Chris Prentice

NEW YORK — Service centers have been plagued by thin margins and low volumes in the second half of 2012, and there’s little on the horizon to suggest that will change in 2013, a service center executive told AMM.

"I think next year looks like this year," said Lisa Goldenberg, president of Fort Washington, Pa.-based Delaware Steel Co. of Pennsylvania and president of the Association of Steel Distributors. "I think ’13 might be a little tougher because we’re getting worn down."....





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