Monthly: Perspectives

With the aid of a pro-manufacturing policy in Washington, what began as a shortage of shipping containers could mature into a reshoring movement

Frank Haflich | Jul 1, 2010 2:54PM

Quality, currency and logistics weigh in favor of US parts makers’ case

Frank Haflich | Jul 1, 2010 2:53PM

Reasons mount for manufacturers to re-think the “total” vs perceieved cost of off-shoring operations

Frank Haflich | Jul 1, 2010 2:52PM

Demolition executives see signs of a pickup in actitivy and slow replenishment of the heavy melting scrap pool

Michael Marley | Jul 1, 2010 2:50PM

Domestic scrapyards are opting to export heavy melt rather than risk rejection of a shipment by more demanding U.S. mills

Michael Marley | Jul 1, 2010 2:49PM

The quality and quantity of the heavy melting scrap is deteriorating as rebar and exports enter the stream

Michael Marley | Jul 1, 2010 2:48PM

Growth spurred by on-board ‘infotainment’ systems will be offset by the trend toward thinner and thinner copper wire

Myra Pinkham | Jun 1, 2010 10:39AM

Copper wire harness makers are racing to keep pace with an explosion in auto ‘infortainment’ systems demand

Myra Pinkham | Jun 1, 2010 10:38AM

Consumers clamor for more electronic gadetry while automakers push drawers and fabricators for ever-smaller gauges of copper wire

Myra Pinkham | Jun 1, 2010 10:37AM

Ongoing technology advances and the shutdown of obsolete production capacity are eroding the availability of off-prime steel

Scott Roberton | Jun 1, 2010 10:36AM

Two survivors of the dot.com bust capitalize on the Web’s connectivity capabilities to link buyers and sellers of secondary steel

Scott Roberton | Jun 1, 2010 10:34AM

Buyers searching for bargain-priced steel provide a steady market for off-prime product

Scott Roberton | Jun 1, 2010 10:19AM

Forget all the frenzy—a supply shortfall is not in the cards

Anne Riley | May 1, 2010 11:26AM

Even with recycling and substitution, there’s only so far rare earth consumers can stretch available supplies

Anne Riley | May 1, 2010 11:23AM

China has cornered the rare earth metals market and the critical link they provide to the development of ‘green’ technologies and hi-tech weapons systems

Anne Riley | May 1, 2010 11:22AM

Analysts see foreclosures, price volatility and tight money stalling HVAC’s return to health until 2012

Lisa Gordon | May 1, 2010 11:19AM

Steel price volatility has turned coated coil and sheet suppliers to the ailing HVAC market lean and mean

Lisa Gordon | May 1, 2010 11:18AM

HVAC manufacturers feel chill from the deep freeze in construction and lending

Lisa Gordon | May 1, 2010 11:16AM

Safety in numbers: industry trade organizations champion—and share—a common cause

Corinna Petry | Apr 1, 2010 10:49AM

‘Safety is more than just data. It is a culture we have to create’

Corinna Petry | Apr 1, 2010 10:41AM

Mill fatalities are down, efforts to prevent them continue non-stop

Corinna Petry | Apr 1, 2010 10:40AM

Two rules for squeezing profits out of our auto shred: know you markets and when to say when

Paul Schaffer | Apr 1, 2010 10:35AM

Sort, then sell: Mining metallics out of auto shred is only half of the equation

Paul Schaffer | Apr 1, 2010 10:34AM

Super-smart sensors are revolutionizing the sorting of auto shreds

Paul Schaffer | Apr 1, 2010 10:32AM

Analysts are upbeat on hybridization and potential multi-battery designs hold for lead acid

Tatyana Shumsky | Mar 1, 2010 9:58AM
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