As manufacturers, the industry is facing some of the toughest issues with raw materials costs that is has ever faced. The attached Issue Bulletin is an update of the steel pricing Bulletin issued during the last period of escalating steel cost in 2004. This time it’s not just steel… it’s steel, resin, lubricants, coatings, copper wire and other copper-containing items, such as motors.

The linked Issue Bulletin explains what is happening, the effects on manufacturers and how this affects customers of waste equipment manufacturers.