Mechanical tube [market in the US]: a glimmer of hope in the shadow of war

US mechanical tubing producers are guardedly optimistic of an uptick in their business, which in recent months has been battered by a slow economy and imports. "We expect to see some improvement by the second quarter [2003]," said Dennis McGlone, president and chief operating officer of Copperweld Corp, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jack Meyer, president of Bull Moose Tube Co, Chesterfield, Missouri, has called in workers to reactivate lines that had been idle since the end of 2002, during the worst of the slowdown.