Plastics company executive saves a steel company, launches new product line

Toll processor/distributor adjusts focus to move with changes in lighting technology

Startup assists OEMs, end users and fabricators in managing their productivity using targeted, real-time information

Supplier/manufacturing juggernaut’s divisions work together to bring value to customers across products, geography, service needs

Pockets of growing demand and higher pricing spur processors and distributors to invest in capital projects, acquisitions

Eastern Metal Supply helps customers weather any storm with its protective building products and systems

Chicago-area service center uses brain, then flexes muscles with heavier gauge equipment

Metals & Services’ people provide genuine feeling alongside expertise on every complex order

Rock ‘n’ roll culture, market forces compel extruder to expand into billet production and compete directly with imports

Standing by vendors, customers and employees creates formula for success at Ratner Steel

Not every one got so spooked by 2015 that they buried the piggy bank

Nonferrous metals specialist applies lessons learned from a ravaging hurricane to upgrade, gain efficiencies

Distributors replenish stocks with an abundance of caution in 2016

Turnkey risk management system places safety tools where they can do the greatest good

Producer of blanks for tier one auto suppliers rebuilds a slitter, enabling a seamless material shift

Banks loosen credit, opening options for metal center buyers and sellers

Lower steel prices makes holding on to inventory expensive

New slitter learns and corrects setups for AHSS customers

Service centers make safety a core value

To survive any economic cycle, there are several key things any business should be doing, but especially those companies that operate in a fast-paced environment beset by forces outside their immediate control.