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Decade of consolidation doesn't diminish future.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Decade of consolidation doesn't diminish future.(FROM THE EDITOR)

Article Excerpt
EVERYONE KNOWS the service center industry is consolidating, right? The big are getting bigger and the small are getting squeezed. Before you know it, the lion's share of the business will be in the hands of just a few giant distributors who--like lions--aren't willing to share at all. That's the conventional wisdom anyway. Tallying up the transactions of the past decade, however, offers data that is open to a different interpretation.

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