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摘要

Although the U.S. flat-rolled market has seen effective consolidation over the past few years, there is room in other sectors, particularly wire rod and wire products, for further merger and acquisition activity, according to Howard M. Booth. As a managing consultant in Hatch Consulting's North American Steel Practice in Pittsburgh, Booth has worked on a wide range of steel assignments covering both specialty and commodity steels in long and flat products. The focus of his recent work has been in the areas of mer-chant bar, special bar quality (SBQ) product, wire rod and wire products.