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  Company Type Public ( NYSE : AKS )
  Foundation 1900
  Location Middletown, Ohio , USA move to West Chester, Ohio pending
  Key People James L Wainscott (CEO)
  Industry Steel
  Products Steel products
  Num Employees 7,000 (2006) Google Finance: AK Steel Holding Corporation
  Revenue $57 Billion FY 2004
  Homepage wwwaksteelcom


AK Steel Holding Corporation, formerly known as '''Armco''', is a major , Feb. 20, 2007

PRODUCTS

AK Steel's main products are Carbon , Stainless and Electrical steels, cold rolled and Aluminium coated Stainless Steel for Automaker s.

One of AK Steel's best-known products may be the Armco barriers installed around many auto-racing tracks, particularly in Formula One . These barriers were commonly called simply "Armco." Reports of Formula-One races frequently include a statement like "his steering-link broke, which sent him into the Armco."

The company has production facilities in a number of , Ashland, Kentucky , Zanesville, Ohio , Mansfield, Ohio , Coshocton, Ohio , Butler, Pennsylvania and Rockport, Indiana as well having production facilities in Canada , Mexico and Western Europe .

The current CEO at AK Steel Holding is James L. Wainscott


ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD

Researchers at the , AK Steel reached an estimated $12,000,000 settlement to compensate for PCB contamination in Middletown, Ohio . Environmental Protection Agency

MIDDLETOWN WORKS LOCKOUT

On February 28, 2006, AK Steel began a Lockout of Armco Employees Independent Federation (AEIF), an employee union, at their Middletown Works plant, in Middletown, Ohio. This lockout is already the longest labor stalemate in the 105-year history of the Middletown Works. The previous longest stalemate was a five-day company lockout in 1986.

By the next day, the mill was operated by 1,800 salaried and temporary replacement workers. In late October, AK offered a "final" contract, which was beaten down by the union at a vote of 2 to 1. The Enquirer: Timeline of the AK Steel lockout One year after the lockout started, on February 28, 2007, AK Steel reached a labor deal with the labor union Associated Press: AK Steel Reaches Tentative Labor Deal , and the lockout was over when the union members ratified the proposed contract in March. AK Steel boss projects long-term profitability


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