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Value-added strategy not without risk.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-FEB-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Value-added strategy not without risk.(FROM THE EDITOR)

Article Excerpt
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, most metals "distributors" have become "service centers," investing in new processing equipment, from saws to slitters to lasers. As the theory goes, the more value added to a piece of metal before it goes out the door, the higher the ticket and greater the potential margin. "Add value" has become the unquestioned mantra of the service center industry. Yet a case can be...

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