Wow! We asked you to strut your stuff. And you definitely didn’t disappoint us.
Earlier this year, AMM announced 62 finalists – across a total of 16 different categories – drawn from a pool of nominations submitted by participants in American Metal Market’s eighth annual Steel Excellence Awards program. The awards recognize world-class companies in and in support of the global steel industry.
“We had a very strong response in both the number of nominations as well as the caliber, indicating the strengthening of our industry’s performance and the creativity needed to support its long-term success,” Raju Daswani, chief executive officer, American Metal Market, commented on the 2017 edition of the awards program.
“This was a particularly strong year for the awards, reflecting increasing momentum in most segments of the industry,” Bette Kovach, program manager and veteran steel communications executive, agreed. Kovach pointed out that this year’s program marked the addition of thee new categories to include different contributors to the industry in equipment, materials and services.
“One natural partner is the legal profession, which has long supported many industry initiatives,” she noted. “Even after nearly 40 years in the steel industry, I always learn something new by reading the nominations.
“One thing that really surprised me was that law firms have been working on behalf of steel industry clients as far back as 1918,” Kovach said. “I had always thought that the legal partnerships were rooted in the trade cases of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond.”
Key themes sounded in many of this year’s nominations involved the integration of people and technology and a true focus on environmental preservation. “The increasing use of technology and the attention to environmental responsibility bode well for our industry and our word,” Kovach said.
Finalists in the 2017 edition of AMM’s Awards for Steel Excellence are:
Best Innovation – Product: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, ArcelorMittal USA, Arkansas Steel Processing, Coil-Tainer Limited, TimkenSteel Corporation
Best Innovation -- Process: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, ArcelorMittal USA, Arkansas Steel Processing, Gerdau, U.S. Automotive Materials Partnership LLC
Best Mergers and Acquisitions: Columbus Recycling, Nucor
Best Operational Improvement: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Borusan Mannesmann Pipe, CSN LLC, Outokumpu Americas, Steel Dynamics, Inc. Columbus Flat Roll Division
Technology Provider of the Year: Primetals Technologies (Endless Strip), Primetals Technologies (Service Center), Quintiq, ArcelorMittal/Quintiq, Russula
Financial Services Provider of the Year: BMO Harris Bank N.A., Crunch Risk, LLC, Evercore, The London Metal Exchange
Legal Services Provider of the Year: Burr & Forman LLP, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Morris Manning & Martin, LLP, Schagrin Associates, Wiley Rein LLP
Information Technology Provider of the Year: Aptean, Quintiq, ArcelorMittal/Quintiq
Environmental Responsibility/Stewardship: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, ArcelorMittal USA, Outokumpu Americas, SSAB Americas, Western Steel & Supply, Inc.
Logistics/Transportation Provider of the Year: Coil-Tainer Limited, Port Tampa Bay
Raw Materials/Consumables Provider of the Year: Gerdau, HarbisonWalker International, Inc.
Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc., Wendt Corporation
Service Center of the Year: Alliance Steel, Jemison Metals, Klein Steel Service Inc., MidWest Materials, Inc., Ryerson, Inc., Samuel, Son & Co., Limited
Scrap Company of the Year: Columbus Recycling, Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Sims Brothers Recycling, Steel Dynamics, Inc. OmniSource Corporation
Tube and Pipe Producer of the Year: Atkore International, Borusan Mannesmann Pipe
Steel Producer of the Year: AK Steel, Nucor, Outokumpu Americas, SSAB Americas, Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Winners will be announced at the annual Steel Awards Dinner held on June 27 in New York City in conjunction with the global Steel Survival Strategies XXXII conference presented by American Metal Market and World Steel Dynamics.