{"id":59286,"date":"2020-07-14T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/insights\/understanding-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-metal-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:31:30","slug":"understanding-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-metal-sector","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/insights\/understanding-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-metal-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on the metal sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Livingstone hosted a webinar July 9, 2020 featuring business owners in the metal sector frankly discussing the toughest challenges they\u2019ve navigated during the Covid-19 pandemic, the changes they\u2019ve made to their businesses, and what they foresee for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Jenny, Partner, hosted the 30 minute webinar. Panelists included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gabe Hudock<\/strong>, CEO &amp; President of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumisource.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alumisource<\/a>,&nbsp;a technology-focused aluminum processor. They buy dirty scrap aluminum and work with some of the largest aluminum consumers in North America to provide furnace ready material. Alumisource products have significant benefits in terms of blending and melting efficiency while also providing cost savings to mills relative to RSI and prime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adam Mervis<\/strong>, CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mervis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mervis Industries<\/a>, a scrap recycling business offering a myriad of services, including customized processing, tolling, and railcar dismantling.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew Nichols<\/strong>, CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmettechnologies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elmet Technologies<\/a>, the only US-owned and operated fully-integrated tungsten and molybdenum manufacturer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marc Schupan<\/strong>, CEO &amp; President of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schupan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schupan &amp; Sons<\/a>, &nbsp;a non-ferrous industrial scrap processor, metals and plastics broker, aluminum distributor &amp; manufacturer, with aluminum melting facilities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View the webinar and additional resources below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/services\/corporate-succession-sales-preparation\/\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1-680x383.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1-680x383.png 680w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1-320x180.png 320w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1-96x54.png 96w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Testing-Metals-Mettle-hit-play-1536x864-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46131,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2755],"tags":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-59286","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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