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Aluminum shipments increase

U.S. and Canadian results, MSCI noted, were similar.

April 22, 2015

The Metals Service Center Institute said U.S. shipments of aluminum products increased in February.

ASA Monthly Pulse Report shows YTD profit

Calendar year-to-date, all ASA respondents reported a median sales increase of 7.6%.

April 21, 2015

ASA Monthly Pulse Report shows YTD profit before taxes reported even or down by half of PVF distributors.

Analyzing the oil supply/demand glut

Morris R. Beschloss

April 21, 2015

The speed and the intensity with which the price of global crude oil dropped from $100 a barrel at mid-year 2014 to the low $40s by the end of January 2015 is still befuddling.

Hansgrohe generates record sales revenues for 2014

Hansgrohe believes in growth through innovation, coupled with real value for the customer.

April 9, 2015

Innovation, top notch manufacturing & design and local job creation continue to drive success for Hansgrohe globally.

American Petroleum Institute’s Gerard: U.S. energy abundance is ' once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'

Gerard’s address centered on America’s rise as a global energy force and the roadblocks it potentially faces going forward.

March 24, 2015

Jack Gerard was the keynote speaker at the winter PVF Roundtable meeting in Houston this past February.

HARDI distributors report healthy sales increases

The Days Sales Outstanding, a measure of how quickly customers pay their bills, remained at 46 days.

March 24, 2015

The annualized growth, the group noted, has been between 6% and 7% throughout 2014.

Turbulent geopolitics will dominate the 2015 price rebalancing

What has made the current oil status quo so dangerous is that Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and Venezuela have built their economic budgets on $100-per-barrel oil pricing.

Morris R. Beschloss

March 23, 2015

As the pundits, analysts, financial experts and self-styled business meteorologists gaze into their 2015 economic crystal balls, all seem to realize the 50% drop in oil prices has opened the door to dire consequences, whose fate has yet to be determined.