Face Time - Boutique consultancy backs procurement and raw material advice with extensive market knowledge
Analyze, optimize
Face Time - An efficient flow of material ensures smooth transfer from producer to consumer
Outward focus
Face Time - Tony Barnes, managing principal-metals, at Crowe LLP, outlines how metals companies’ tech investments have evolved
Total technology
Face Time - Joseph Savariego, president, Delta Steel Technologies, discusses the continued advancement of coil processing equipment—from flatness to automation
Forward thinking
Face Time - Fagor Arrasate’s Peter Swenson discusses the evolution of coil processing equipment to incorporate automation and accommodate high-strength material
Invest, adapt
Face Time - A consolidated producer finds ways to expand and improve operations, says Doug Rife, structural sales manager for Nucor Tubular Products
Beyond machines
Face Time - Matt Rhoades, product manager for technology and processes at Messer Cutting Systems, discusses how to start down the path of digitization and its benefits
Knowledge bank
Face Time - Justin Philipp, COO of NSPS Metals, says it’s necessary that companies perform succession planning to preserve tribal knowledge.
Taking control
Face Time - Super alloy supplier adjusts production capacity to cut ties with overseas sources.
Professional precision
Face Time - A German family business has built equipment for 75 years. Thomas Baral and Achim Kunz, managing directors of B+S GmbH, discuss industry developments.