Assembly Lines: Steel Manufacturers Have High Hopes for 2003
U.S. steel parts manufacturers have a hopeful economic outlook for this year, according to Precision Metalforming Association’s (PMA) December 2002 Business Conditions Report.
This report marks the first time in 6 months that the steel industry has been offered encouraging news. Impacted predominantly by the Section 201 steel tariffs imposed by President Bush, the steel-consuming industry of 13 million U.S. workers has absorbed price increases, supply disruptions and business and financial losses.