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O’Neal Steel October Market Informer

U.S. Factory Orders Unchanged in August  New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods were unchanged in August amid a drop in demand for transportation equipment, but solid gains elsewhere pointed to underlying strength in manufacturing. The Commerce Department said on October 4 the flat reading in factory orders, which matched economists’ expectations, followed a 1.0 decline in… Read More

O’Neal Steel September Market Informer

U.S. Charges Towards Green Energy The U.S. seems well on its path to green energy. President Joe Biden recently signing into law the biggest clean energy investment in U.S. history. The package includes $370 billion in subsidies for solar and wind energy development, electric vehicles, etc. Taking a cue, US Steel and Shell U.S. Gas… Read More

O’Neal Steel August Market Informer

U.S. Manufacturing Slows Modestly  U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July and there were signs that supply constraints are easing, with a measure of prices paid for inputs by factories falling to a two-year low, suggesting inflation has probably peaked. While the Institute for Supply Management survey on August 1 showed a measure… Read More

O’Neal Steel July Market Informer

Survey: 70% of Companies Planning Reshoring or Nearshoring Projects  Seven out of ten U.S. based manufacturing companies are planning to invest in new production capacity closer to their home bases as a result of the global upheavals of recent years, a new survey has found. The robotics and automation arm of global conglomerate ABB recently… Read More

O’Neal Steel June Market Informer

Domestic Aluminum Market Remains Strong As U.S. Industry Investment Hits Highest Level In Decades And 2021 Demand Growth Revised Upward The Aluminum Association released preliminary estimates as part of its monthly Aluminum Situation report showing a 5.3% demand growth for the aluminum industry in North America (U.S. and Canada) through the first quarter of 2022…. Read More

Upload PO’s Directly to PRONTO®

Upload Your Purchase Order Directly to PRONTO® We love getting feedback from our customers! In fact, we are excited to announce that in response to customer requests, PRONTO® now offers you the ability to upload purchase orders directly at the checkout screen. For those customers who generate POs within your internal systems and prefer the… Read More

O’Neal Steel April Market Informer

SEC Proposes Publicly Traded Companies Disclose Emissions, Climate Risk Publicly traded companies, required to reveal their intake and output of money, may soon have to disclose the same for carbon dioxide. The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule March 21, that would require large businesses to issue regular reports on greenhouse gas emissions… Read More

O’Neal Steel March Market Informer

White House Releases Resource To Guide State, Local Infrastructure Investment According to a new report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, 36 percent of U.S. bridges, or about 224,000 spans, need repair work. Nearly 79,000 U.S. bridges should be replaced. It is with this backdrop in mind that last week the White House… Read More

Leveraging the Latest Technology

Gaining Ground, published by Modern Metals Ron Moreau, Processing Manager at O’Neal Steel, explains, “Our processing specialists have been using SecturaSoft since January 2020. We saw an immediate increase in completed quotes per day. After a short period of time, we saw more than a doubling of our output…” At O’Neal Steel, we believe in… Read More

O’Neal Steel February Market Informer

U.S. Economy Grew By 5.7% Last Year Its fastest pace since 1984, rebounding from a sharp but brief coronavirus-induced recession in March 2020. The nation’s gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services produced, expanded by 5.7% in 2021, the Commerce Department reported on January 27. Growth accelerated even faster during the period… Read More