Manufacturing Summit: Closing the Divide

  Manufacturing Summit: Closing the Divide

Business Wire

-- October 19, 2012

Metals Service Center Institute:

             “A Manufacturing Summit: Closing the Divide Between Jobs, Policy
WHAT         and Growth” will be co-hosted by the national Metals Service
             Center Institute (MSCI) and the Southern California chapter and
             is one of 11 to be held this election year around the country.
 
WHO          MSCI president and CEO Bob Weidner, III
             MSCI chapter president Neil Sherman, CEO, Industrial Metal Supply
             Co.
 
 
             Michael C. Arnold, president & CEO, Ryerson Inc.;
             David H. Hannah, chairman & CEO, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.;
             Michael H. Hoffman, vice chairman, Kloeckner Metals;
             John J. Ferriola, president & COO, Nucor Corporation; and
             Peter Zierhut, vice president, European Operations and Special
             Programs, W.J. Haas Manufacturing Corporation
             All republican and democrat federal candidates have been invited
             to participate.
 
WHEN         Oct. 29, 2012
             4:00 p.m. sponsor/panelist mixer
             5:00 p.m. reception
             6:30 p.m. summit presentation
 
WHERE        Pacific Palms Hotel & Resort
             1 Industry Hills Pkwy
             City of Industry, CA
 
 
BACKGROUND   The purpose of the meeting is to:
 
             • Mobilize the metals industry—producers, service centers,
             processors and end users—in advance of the 2012 elections around
             the many issues that threaten the long-term outlook for
             manufacturing and the U.S. economy; and
 
             • Educate candidates on these issues so that they may better
             understand how their action, or inaction, directly influences our
             industry’s ability to grow, increase jobs and stay competitive.
 
             The summit will present a unique opportunity for local and
             national industry leaders, employees and policy experts to
             discuss what is needed for a thriving and competitive
             manufacturing sector and to hear candidates’ views on key issues.
 
HOW          Attendees Registration is available online.
             Questions: Contact Nick Gonzales ngonzales@westmet.com or Mike
             Massie mike.massie@ryerson.com
             Media Contact: Jonathan Kalkwarf 847-485-3007, cell 773-835-6108
             Ashley DeVecht 847-485-3011; cell 616-260-2785
 
 
             Founded in 1909, the Metals Service Center Institute, based in
             Rolling Meadows, Ill., has over 400 member companies operating
             from more than 1,500 locations in the United States, Canada,
ABOUT        Mexico and throughout the world. Together MSCI members constitute
             the largest single group of metals purchasers in North America,
             amounting each year to more than 55 million tons of steel,
             aluminum and other metals, with about 300,000 manufacturers and
             fabricators as customers.
 
             For more information, visit www.msci.org. “Like” us on Facebook
             at Metals Service Center Institute, follow us on Twitter
             @MSCITweets, and connect with us on LinkedIn at Metals Service
             Center Institute.

Contact:

Metals Service Center Institute
Jonathan Kalkwarf, 847-485-3007
Cell: 773-835-6108
or
Ashley DeVecht, 847-485-3011
Cell: 616-260-2785