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John Packard spent 31 years of active steel sales and marketing in the flat rolled steel industry: service center sales & management 1977-1997; Winner Steel (Sharon Coatings) agent 1997-2008; Agent for trading companies 2004-2008.He founded a steel industry newsletter and website Steel Market Update in August 2008 to assist those in the flat rolled and plate steel industries in North America. He started the SMU Steel Summit Conference in October 2010 and it has grown to be the largest flat rolled and plate steel conference in North America. John also started Steel 101: Introduction to Steel Making & Market Fundamentals as well as Hedging Steel workshops which have trained well over 1,000 young executives within the industry.He sold Steel Market Update to the CRU Group out of London, England in May 2017. Worked as President & CEO of Steel Market Update until October 1, 2021. John retired from SMU/CRU at the end of August 2022.Currently John is President & CEO of Packard Consulting Services, Inc.John sits on the Board of Directors of Reibus International and the Board of Trustees for Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.Specialties: Analysis of the flat rolled steel markets - Pricing, Trends, News, Insights. Steel Market Update has developed a number of proprietary tools for the steel industry. Included is the SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index, Price Momentum Indicator, Service Center Inventories and Shipment Analysis, and others. SMU has a detailed flat rolled steel market survey which is conducted twice per month and covers: pricing, demand, ordering trends, impact of foreign steel, inventory levels and more.Training of sales, purchasing & management for the steel industry.Steel workshops on the making and rolling of steel (SMU - Steel 101 workshop) and introduction to market fundamentals.Managing Price Risk workshops which train buyers and sellers of steel how to mitigate steel price risk through the use of financial instruments.Steel Market Update produces custom training programs such as our steel sales workshop for service centers.Up through 2022, John organized and hosted the SMU Steel Summit Conference, the largest steel conference in North America which is held at the end of August at the Georgia International Convention Center. John also works with the second largest steel conference which is the Tampa Steel Conference which is held in Tampa, Florida in February.John is currently working on a book about changes in the way steel is bought and sold within the steel industry.
Packard Consulting Services, Inc.
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President And CeoPackard Consulting Services, Inc.Hobe Sound, Fl, Us
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President & CeoPackard Consulting Services, Inc. Oct 2021 - PresentBusiness consulting and services. Consultant to the CRU Group, Steel Market Update.
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Owner/PublisherSteel Market Update Aug 2008 - Aug 2022Internet based news and analysis service for North American flat rolled steel and related markets.Steel Market Update publishes an e-newsletter three times per week and Premium level supplemental e-newsletters approximately once per week.Steel Market Update conducts steel related training workshops and conferences both for the public and custom training options.Publisher also speaks at other steel related conferences and association meetings
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President & CeoSteel Market Update Aug 2008 - Jan 2022
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Owner/PresidentParagon Metal Services, Inc. Mar 1997 - Jan 2008Sales Agency representing Winner Steel (now called Sharon Coatings which is part of NLMK USA) and various steel trading companies.As an agent it was our responsibility to service customers in the United States & Canada flat rolled steel products with special emphasis on galvanized and Galvalume steels (bare & prepainted).We were a major supplier of ultra light gauge galvanized to the furnace pipe (HVAC), ceiling grid and corner bead industries. We also supplied galvanized and Galvalume products to the metal building, service centers, agricutural, construction and many other industries.We closed the agency as we incorporated Steel Market Update.
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Regional Sales ManagerPacestter Steel Service, Inc. Aug 1993 - Mar 1997Regional Sales Manager - Responsible for OEM sales and the opening of new business. During my tenure at Pacesetter Steel Service, Inc. I was involved in the successful conversion of Stanley Entry Doors from post paint to prepainted steel and other projects.This was actually my second stint at Pacesetter. I also worked for the company from May 1982 until the spring of 1991. During that time frame I was a territory sales representative and was responsible for sheet metal sales and later OEM sales. I set a number of sales volume records for the company during this period of employment.
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