Demand for metal fabrication materials and tools has increased significantly from 2009 to 2010, as evidenced by a 38% rise in US steel production. The US produced nearly 88.5 million tons of steel in 2010, surpassing the 64.3 million tons produced in 2009. Hundreds of sheet metal companies source supplies on ThomasNet.com, which helps connect buyers and sellers in the sheet metal industry.

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Demand for metal fabrication, materials and tools are Top Sheet Metal
on the rise, as evidenced by a 38 percent increase in Companies
United States’ raw steel production from 2009 to 2010. that Regularly Search
The U.S. produced nearly 88.5 million tons of steel ThomasNet.com for
between January and December 2010, surpassing the Suppliers – Will They
64.3 million tons of steel produced in 2009.1 Find You?
What the Sheet Metal Industry Buys through AK Steel Holding
ThomasNet.com: Alcoa
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Allegheny Technologies
Aluminum Extrusions: aluminum Punches
Blast furnaces Faceshields Recycling services ArcelorMittal
Blowers Files Recycled steel
Commercial Metals
Brakes Form blocks Safety equipment
and supplies
Bricks Furnaces Nippon Steel
Saws
Carbon Gloves
Shears Nucor
Casters Goggles
Sheet metal cutters
Circular saws Hacksaws Olin
Steel toed boots
Clamps Lasers
Phelps Dodge
Table saws
Cooling beds Mandrels
Takes Posco
Copper Metal ores
Tin snips
Cutting tools Nibblers Quanex
Titanium
Die cutting Nickel
Tools: cutting U.S. Steel
Dies Plasma tables
Vats
Drills Plasma torches
...and more
Earplugs Press rollers
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2. Hundreds of Sheet Metal Companies Source on
ThomasNet.com – Among Them:
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AK Steel Holding Nippon Steel Saying About
Alcoa Nucor
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Extrusions: Aluminum Welding Accessories Supplies
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Machining Vice President of Franchising
Metal Supermarkets
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