Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Parker Steel- Metricmetal.com maintains ISO 9001:2000 Certification

Parker Steel is committed to supplying the highest quality metric size metal and services in America. Confirmation of this is our maintaining our ISO 9001: 2000 certification for another year.
Due to the great work by Jerry Hidalgo, Tom Fowler, our internal auditors, and all of our team members meticulously following our quality management system, we are delighted to announce that Parker Steel has just completed our first annual surveillance audit with zero non- conformances. We passed with flying colors and a completely unblemished record!
Our next external surveillance audit will be in October of 2007.
Please see our website at: www.metricmetal.com or call us Toll Free at: 1-800-333-4140

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Consolidation in the Steel Industry

More consolidation is going on in the steel industry. This week at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires, steel leaders from around the world are meeting for the 40th International Iron and Steel Institute Congress. It was mentioned at the meeting that U.S. Steel is a target. Posco, South Korea's biggest producer, is on a buying binge and promises to double their capacity in the next couple of years by purchasing undervalued mills outside of their home country. Could it be that the icon of our countries industrial may soon be in the hands of Korean industrialists?