Author: Roller Die + Forming

In commercial metal forming, sustainability isn’t just another buzz word. Of course, it’s great for organizations that work in the metal forming industry to promote greener practices, but there

Press brake tooling is one of the oldest and most commonly-used processes for manufacturing metal parts and products in different shapes. With minimal tooling and setup, the machine can create

With many processes available for creating a high-quality metal part, manufacturers face a challenge—choosing the right process. Simply put, manufacturers will have to determine whether they

I wanted to let everyone know about the Acquisition of Pyramid Mouldings of Green Cove Springs Florida as of March 14th. This will give us, an additional 3 plants in the United States, and a

Last week, American Metal Market published an important article regarding stainless prices in the month of February. We’d like to inform our trusted customers and blog readers of specific raw

Here at Roller Die, our awareness of steel market activity is crucial. Many of our blog entries are dedicated to the topic. Our knowledge dictates our timing — the goal is to purchase when prices

COLD ROLLED Most of the integrated mills are full for March on Cold Rolled. We were busy rushing our March orders to the likes of AK and Severstal yesterday. Mittal is currently on lead times but

Last week, I read a report from Goldman Sachs that said that we have seen the bottom in the steel prices for carbon-based products for the year. This was report was shortly followed by e-mails from

This past Friday, Nucor sent an e-mail to us saying that they are going to raise their prices. I know a lot of people who keep saying that the prices won’t hold, and they are waiting for a

I am getting concerned about the steel availability even for the most basic products. We have seen our lead time increase this past week. In addition to this pricing has gone up over 20 percent as