Steel Tube Institute of North America's predictions for the tube market

摘要

Steel Tube Institute of North America members were surveyed on their expectations for 1996, and observed: · The tubular industry will experience pockets of solid performance, but overall rewards will not be maximised due to increasing price competition; · Economic trends will be more difficult to gauge. Demand for capital goods should remain solid, but consumers are becoming more cautious in their buying habits. After two years of improved profits, corporate reinvestment could be flat in 1996;