ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN THE METAL INDUSTRIES

July 2015 Volume 2, Issue 7

AWMI METALLICMISSIVES

In April at the Association of Steel Distributors spring conference, I had the pleasure of meeting Wayne Player, legendary golfer Gary Player’s son. His comments were focused on prioritizing time for us workaholics (I have NO IDEA who he was talking about…!) to take care of our health. I have a 65 year old friend who walked 6 miles the other day in the Florida humidity. I will confess after 24 months of working 18-20 hour days building my business, I’m pretty sure that would destroy me. But in truth, he’s right. We must take the time to keep our hearts and bodies in shape. This month, I’ve included his Dad’s “Ten Commandments” and a golf quote he

shared from Robin Williams. Enjoy your summer, and be safe and healthy.

S-A-S: Speed, Agility, Strength By Becky E. Hites

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Japanese Proverb

Inside this issue:

Company Spotlight: Optima Specialty 2

Fred Pryor Seminars 3

2015 NY Chapter Elections 3

2015 Corporate Members 4

NY Chapter Companies 4

Contact Addresses 4

2015 NY Chapter Calendar 4

2015 NY Chapter Board 4

That’s why they call it a stroke. Every time you hit

the ball, you think you’ll die. Robin Williams

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Headquartered in Miami, FL, Optima Specialty Steel is one of North America's leading independent manufacturers of specialty steel products. Operating through its four wholly-owned subsidiaries, Michigan Seamless Tube & Pipe (MST), Niagara LaSalle Corporation, Kentucky Electric Steel (KES) and Corey Steel, the organization leverages its technical expertise, skilled workforce and sophisticated equipment to produce highly engineered products, including seamless cold drawn pipe and tube, cold finished steel bars and flats and various SBQ & MBQ products. Visit www.optimasteel.com for additional details.

SPEED, SERVICE AND PRECISION—Since 1927, this seamless tube and pipe manufacturing facility has provided cold-drawn carbon, alloy and high chrome mechanical and pressure tubing and piping for many industries.

Cold-finished products are made to order and tested to exact requirements and specifications,. The modernized facility enables accommodation of large and small mini-mill quantities and expedited orders, even overseas. Every order is completed on time, every time.

America's Largest Independent Cold-Finished Steel Bar Manufacturer Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Hammond, IN, Niagara LaSalle is North America’s largest independent producer of cold finished steel

bars. Operating eight facilities located throughout the United States, the company’s robust production capacity allows it to manufacture cold finished steel bars in a wide range of sizes, shapes, grades, finishes, and tolerances. With a century’s worth of experience in innovation and engineering excellence, Niagara LaSalle is able to quickly process highly specialized orders that meet its clients’ exact specifications. The company’s unparalleled flexibility, rigorous testing requirements, competitive pricing and logistical capabilities have allowed it to become the nation’s premier supplier of high-quality cold finished steel bars.

Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Ashland, KY, KES Acquisition Company d/b/a Kentucky Electric Steel (“KES”) is a value-added manufacturer of Special Bar Quality (“SBQ”) and Merchant Bar Quality

(“MBQ”) flat, square and round steel products. KES utilizes a variety of customized equipment and modification processes to provide its clients with a wide array of products that can be tailored to their exact size, chemistry and tolerance specifications required. KES currently manufactures over 2,600 different SBQ and MBQ items, which are sold to the leaf-spring suspension market for light and heavy-duty trucks, mini-vans and utility vehicles, cold drawn bar converters, certain specialty applications for steel service centers, truck trailer manufacturers and other miscellaneous markets.

This recently (late 2014/early 2015) acquired company based Cicero, IL is a world wide leader in the manufacture of cold finished steel bars that also offers a wide range of aluminum and copper bar, rod, and wire products in a homage to its

1924 formation as a service center. State-of-the-art manufacturing facilities enable the company to meet the increasingly complex needs of today’s users of cold finished steel bar. The company’s stated goal is not to be the biggest provider of long products, but to be the best provider of long products in every aspect of their business.

Company Spotlight: Optima Specialty Steel Excerpted from the websites; used with permission

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Either you run the day,

Or the day runs you.

Jim Rohn

As a way to promote one of AWMI’s four cornerstones, the Chicago Chapter has partnered with Fred Pryor Seminars, the industry leader in online and on-site supplemental business training, to offer access to their Training Rewards Program. This program provides unlimited access for 12 months to hundreds of online courses, thousands of training events and seminars plus access to the Fred Pryor Career Track webinars. Training Rewards also provides reporting tools including an in-depth, detailed view of in-progress and completed training. To learn more about this program, go to: http://www/pryor.com/site/trainingrewards/learn-more/. If the Training Rewards program was purchased directly through Fred Pryor, it would cost $499. Due to our partnership, AWMI Chicago Chapter is able to offer this at HALF the cost: $249 for all current AWMI members in good standing and AWMI Corporate Members. There is a further discount for chapter officers—hint, hint. If you would like to enroll or have any questions, please contact Clara Bal at crazyleg3@comcast.net.

NY Chapter Elections

NY Chapter election ballots go out in July for the 2016

slate of chapter officers. We encourage nominations to be

forwarded to awmi.newyork@gmail.com.

GROWTH ~ EDUCATION ~ NETWORKING ~ MENTORING

2015 NY Chapter Board President Becky E. Hites Steel-Insights, LLC Vice President Position Open Secretary Renee DeGrote Swepo Tube Treasurer Dianne Kaltenbach Retired Membership Marianne Steiner Steiner Industrial Fundraising Cheryl Coelho Rotor Clip Member at Large Jo Isenberg O’Loughlin American Metal Market Attorney Rita M. Jennings Brach Eichler

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Mailing Address PO Box 133 Union, NJ 07083 Awmi.newyork@gmail.ccom Meeting Locations Galloping Hill Golf Club 3 Golf Drive Kenilworth, NJ 07033 Phone: 908-686-1556 www.gallopinghillgolfcourse.com Redd’s Restaurant & Bar 317 Washington Avenue Carlstadt, NJ 07072 Phone: 201-933-0015

NY Chapter Companies

A big shout-out of thanks to the companies of members in our chapter!

Alumet Supply

American Metal Market

Arco Steel Company

Byram Steel Trading

C&K Scrap

Delaware Steel Co of Pa

Diamond Brite Metal Processing

Dynasty Metals

Julius Blum & Co.

Metal Cutting Corp

Olympic Steel

Optima Specialty Metals

Rotor Clip

Samuel, Son & Co.

Sancap Abrasives

Shale-Inland Holdings

Steel-Insights

Steiner Industrial

Swepco Tube

Uttam Galva North America

2015 NY Chapter Calendar

August 20 (Thursday) – Golf Outing, Galloping Hill Golf Club, Kenilworth, NJ September 10 (Thursday) — Nucor Wallingford mill tour, CT October 5 (Monday) – Joint meeting with MSCI, Eddie Lehner, CEO, Ryerson, Redd’s, Carlstadt, NJ