Specialty Steel Industry of North America

The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) is a voluntary trade association representing virtually all the producers of specialty steel in North America. Its members produce a variety of products including bar, rod, wire, angles, plate, sheet and strip, in stainless steel and other specialty steels.

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U.S. Steel Industry Asks Treasury Department to Shore Up IRA Material Content Rules

28 July 2023 - Five steel trade associations are urging the U.S. Treasury Department to revise qualifications for material-related bonus tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Section 232 Tariffs Must Remain, Producers Tell Biden Administration

19 May 2021 - U.S. steel producers and the United Steelworkers union are urging the Biden administration to keep in place the Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, arguing that they are having the intended effect.

Infrastructure Ought to Be Part of COVID-19 Relief, Steel Groups Say

01 April 2020 - Five U.S. steel trade organizations have urged Congress to provide for public infrastructure investments in the next phase of COVID-19 economic stimulus.

Steel Groups Offer NAFTA Recommendations

06 June 2017 - Six North American steel industry groups have issued a joint policy statement outling their wishes for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement.

Stainless Association Elects New Leadership

05 January 2016 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. president and CEO Dennis M. Oates has been elected as chairman of Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), the organization has announced.

Global Steel Industry Calls On Governments to Take Action Against China’s New Steel Policy and Overcapacity

18 June 2015 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA), Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports (CPTI), the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero), the Mexican Iron and Steel Industry Chamber (Canacero), the European Steel Association (Eurofer), the Turkish Steel Producers Association (TCUD) and the Brazil Steel Institute have issued a joint industry statement concerning China's new steel policies on 16 June 2015.

Associations of Europe and North and Latin America Present Critical Document to the “New” Chinese Steel Industry Policy

21 April 2015 - Eight national and regional associations representing the steel industries of Europe, North and Latin America joined in expressing their concern to the Chinese government about the recently revised “Adjustment Policy 2015” to the Chinese national steel strategy, released last March.

Steel Industry Leaders to Testify Before U.S. Congress on Unfair Imports Crisis

25 March 2015 - The United Steelworkers Union (USW) will be joining steel company CEOs, and steel industry representatives on Capitol Hill, Thursday, 26 March 2015, 8:30am–10:00pm to testify at a Congressional Steel Caucus hearing on the "State of American Steel."

SSINA, USW Urge Exclusion of Japan from TPP Negotiations

03 March 2015 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) and the United Steelworkers (USW) have sent the letter below to U.S. Trade Representative Michael B. Froman.

Stainless Group Concerned About High Levels of Stainless Bar Imports

31 July 2013 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) is expressing growing concern over the substantial increase in imports of stainless steel bar. 

SSINA: U.S. Specialty Steel Imports Up 12.3% in January 2013

15 April 2013 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for January 2013.

SSINA Reports Stainless and Specialty U.S. Market Data for 2012

21 March 2013 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for the full year 2012.

SSINA Releases U.S. Stainless and Specialty Market Data Through November 2012

22 February 2013 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for YTD November 2012.

SSINA Releases U.S. Specialty Steel Market Data for October 2012

18 January 2013 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for YTD October 2012.

SSINA Releases Stainless and Specialty U.S. Market Data for September 2012

24 December 2012 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for YTD September 2012.

Specialty Steel Industry of North America Releases Market Data for August 2012

19 November 2012 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America has released statistical data on imports, U.S. consumption, and import penetration for YTD August 2012, commenting that it is particularly tracking remarkable growth in imports of stainless plate, which are up nearly 31% over 2011 levels.