Women in the Industry – Christine Walczak
The steel industry has been a male-dominated industry for years and continues to be one, even today. The business is poised for a change as more women begin to enter this and other fi...
Women In The Industry – Stacy Young
The construction industry has been male-dominated for years and continues to be one, even today. The business is poised for a change as more women begin to enter this and other fields of work that were previously closed off. Several women have paved the way, and others are continuing to follow suit, including Stacy Young. Stacy is the project manag...
Women In The Steel Industry – Megan Osborne
The steel manufacturing industry has been a male-dominated industry for years and continues to be one, even today. The industry is poised for a change as more women begin to enter this and other fields of work that were previously closed off. Several women have paved the way, and others are continuing to follow suit. To continue to encourage and...
What is EDI?
EDI is Electronic Data Interchange. It is the exchanging of business documents (such as purchase orders, invoices, etc.) electronically. EDI is highly automated, so the exchange of these documents happens instantaneously in most cases. EDI was inspired by developments in military logistics, which helped to manage vast quantities of data and informa...
Trump Signs 232 Proclamation
Last Thursday, President Trump took action on the 232 investigations on domestic steel (conducted under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended). The Section 232 investigation confirmed what we have known for decades: that the domestic steel industry has been victimized by unfairly traded and dumped foreign products and the resulting damage has...
Why is the Section 232 Investigation Important to America?
Why is the Section 232 Investigation Important to America? A Section 232 inve...
Drawing a hard-line – Breaking the cycle of imported pipe & tube
On April 19th 2017, an investigation into Section 232 was initiated by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to analyze reports of excess global steel production an...
Zekelman Industries completes acquisition of Western Tube & Conduit Corporation
Jelani Rucker312.275.1626jelani.rucker@zekelman.com CHICAGO (February 15, 2017) — Zekelman Industries announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Western Tube & Conduit Corporation. Through this acquisition, Zekelman Industries will expand its presence across the western half of the United States and Ca...
Zekelman Industries Buys First Hot Rolled Coil Alongside Charity Donation
Zekelman Industries purchased the coil for $100,000 with the entire amount jointly contributed by Big River and Zekelman Industries to Wounded Warrior Project and Arkansas Northeastern College. To view the article...
Zekelman Industries to acquire Western Tube & Conduit Corporation
Contact: Jelani Rucker 312.275.1626 jelani.rucker@zekelman.com CHICAGO (December 6, 2016) — Zekelman Industries announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation and other minority shareholders of Western Tube...