WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AK
Steel (NYSE: AKS) announced that United
States Senator Rob Portman
(R-OH) was honored today at the company's Zanesville, Ohio Works with the "2015
Congressional Steel Champion Award" from the American Iron and
Steel Institute (AISI). The award recognizes Senator Portman
for his dedication to and support of the American steel industry
and its employees.
The award was presented by James L.
Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO of AK Steel, and
Thomas J. Gibson, President and CEO
of AISI. Also attending the ceremony were representatives
from AK Steel's corporate headquarters, along with employees of the
Zanesville plant, including
Thomas Harlan, President, UAW Local
4104.
"AK Steel and other domestic steelmakers have faced a tidal wave
of what we believe are unfairly traded imports," said Mr.
Wainscott. "Senator Portman has been a leader in championing
improvements to the trade laws which help level the playing field
so our industry can remain competitive."
Senator Portman said, "I am honored and humbled by this
award. It is a tribute to the importance of steelmaking in
America, supported by my work with industry through the recent
Leveling the Playing Field Act." Senator Portman was a lead
co-sponsor of legislation authored by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) that was signed into law
last month to help give U.S. companies – including the steel
industry – new tools to fight unfair trade practices.
AISI President and CEO Thomas
Gibson commended Senator Portman's support. "Senator
Portman played a key role in getting recent trade legislation
signed into law to improve the effectiveness of antidumping and
countervailing duty laws to combat unfairly traded imports.
These come at a key time for the steel industry."
Following the awards presentation, Senator Portman toured the
Zanesville Works and met employees. The Zanesville plant is a finishing facility for
AK Steel's electrical and stainless steel products.
AK Steel
AK Steel is a world leader in the production of flat-rolled carbon,
stainless and electrical steel products, primarily for automotive,
infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets. Headquartered in
West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), the company employs
approximately 8,000 men and women at eight steel plants, two coke
plants and two tube manufacturing plants across six states:
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Additional information about AK
Steel is available at www.aksteel.com.
AISI
AISI serves as the voice of the North American
steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for
steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI
also plays a lead role in the development and application of new
steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of 19 member
companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers,
and approximately 125 associate members who are suppliers to or
customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its
applications, view AISI's website at www.steel.org.
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