The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) is a trade association and nonprofit organization based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, in the United States.
[11] MSCI produces the monthly "Metals Activity Report", which tracks aggregate service center shipments and inventory levels for steel, aluminum, stainless in the United States and Canada.
[12] In addition to being used by MSCI members, this report is frequently referenced by market analysts and investors,[13][14] economists,[15][16] and the media,[17] and is even cited in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.
[22] In 2010, MSCI asked American scientist and award-winning science fiction author David Brin "to create a comic book set 20 years from now that discusses the many reasons for US industrial decline... and how it might come back.
[24] In July 2024, MSCI signed a letter to members of both the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Armed Services opposing Section 828 of S. 4628, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, entitled "Requirement for Contractors to Provide Reasonable Access to Repair Materials," which would require contractors doing business with the US military to agree "to provide the Department of Defense fair and reasonable access to all the repair materials, including parts, tools, and information, used by the manufacturer or provider or their authorized partners to diagnose, maintain, or repair the good or service.