Distributors welcoming ATI surcharge system change

摘要

Domestic distributors have welcomed the stainless steel surcharge change announced recently by Allegheny Ludlum Corp. "I like it. It lessens the speculation, it makes people plan inventory better," one East Coast service center source said. The division of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) is moving to prior-month price averages for raw materials that make up the surcharge in an effort to better align the methodology behind the calculation with the company's actual raw material costs.