The greatest core competencies at our company are the abilities to capture synergies and motivate an experienced team throughout the U.S. and Canada. Its dynamic corporate vision has allowed the company to reap the benefits offered during strong market conditions and to implement its strategies and best practices to overcome market challenges. The company is not only committed to growing as a business, but also to growing as a member of each community where it operates in North America. Gerdau Long Steel North America is a leader in mini-mill steel production and steel recycling in North America, with an annual manufacturing capacity of approximately 10 million metric tons of mill finished steel products. Through a vertically integrated network of mini-mills, scrap recycling facilities and downstream operations, the company serves customers throughout the U.S. and Canada, offering a diverse and balanced product mix of merchant steel, rebar, structural shapes, fabricated steel, flat rolled steel and wire rod. The company's products are generally sold to steel service centers, steel fabricators, or directly to original equipment manufacturers for use in a variety of industries, including non-residential, infrastructure, commercial, industrial and residential construction, metal building, manufacturing, automotive, mining, cellular and electrical transmission and equipment manufacturing. The position as a part of Gerdau – a 110-year-old old steel company, the leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the world's largest suppliers of specialty long steel – gives us a unique strength in a highly cyclical industry. By investing in people, processes and technology, the company is prepared for the changes that will inevitably occur in this dynamic global environment. By remaining focused on the company's objectives and pursuing goals with a renewed sense of strength and commitment to values, Gerdau will continue to achieve the vision of being a global organization and a benchmark in any business we conduct.