THE STAINLESS PIPE AND TUBE MARKET

摘要

January often brings expectation andhope. At this point, the first few weeks havedone more to reinforce the thought thateconomic and manufacturing improvementsare not invited to the Super Bowl Party!Shipments were up in December on thestrength of both seamless and weldedimports. This is not really a surprise asprojects on the drawing board for 2016 wouldrequire material on hand and much of thisproduct is handled by master distributorsand/or other distribution. Mill direct importorders would need time to get to fabrication tobe ready for spring construction start-ups. Ourresearch shows that the project work will beequal to 2015 with a slight potential uptickaround mid-year. This is of course only ifeconomic activity or interest rate hikes do notrob improving performance.