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Weirton Steel Corp. (WRTL Q) is in the Manufacturing Industry
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John H. McConnell, Founder of Worthington Industries 1923-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- John H. McConnell, business leader, philanthropist, founder of Worthington Industries and owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets passed away on April 25, 2008. He was born May 10, 1923, in Pughtown, W.Va. The son of a steel worker, McConnell grew up during the Great Depression....
Weirton Challenges Activities At Historic Rosemont Manor
The city of Weirton is asking Circuit Judge Arthur Recht to find a business owner who has maintained a Web site promoting activities for individuals with alternative lifestyles in contempt of his court order. City officials in December refused to reinstate the business license for Rosemont Manor, a home built...
Wal-Mart Moves Closer To Expansion In Weirton
Weirton soon may have its Super Wal-Mart, an expansion that has been in the works for more than two years. Weirton Mayor Bill Miller said Mittal Steel notified him it and the real estate development firm representing Wal-Mart ad reached an agreement in principle for the sale of a key,...
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Mittal may sell mill to Esmark CHICAGO - Mittal Steel Co. said Thursday it is in negotiations to sell parts of its West Virginia operations to Esmark Inc., the rapidly growing steel supplier that seized control of nearby Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. last fall. Mittal spokesman...
Top 10 Stories Of 2006: Northern Panhandle's Steel Industry Sees a Busy Year of Changes
Mounting financial pressures forced Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. to partner with a Chicago-based steel services firm in November, which was the punctuation mark on a six-month battle for control of the company. That battle ended only when shareholders ousted board members Who'd backed an international alliance. Meanwhile, workers at the former...
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Esmark takeover of Wheeling-Pitt OK'd WHEELING, W.Va. -Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. shareholders ousted its board Friday, rejecting a proposed deal with Brazilian steelmaker CSN and supporting a hostile takeover by Chicago Heights-based steel distributor Esmark Inc. Esmark CEO James Bouchard said he is...
Esmark Also Expresses Interest In Weirton Steel Operation
The steel services company now courting a merger with WheelingPittsburgh Steel Corp. would be interested in acquiring the former Weirton Steel operation should its current owner, Mittal Steel, be forced to sell it to satisfy federal antitrust concerns. Chicago-based Esmark is less than three weeks away from a crucial shareholder...
Trade Commission Votes to Continue Tariffs on Japanese Tinplate Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission ITC has voted to continue tariffs on Japanese tinplate imports, a major victory for domestic producers still recovering from the effects of illegal imports in the late 1990s. The antidumping duties, on the books since 2000, affected imports of tin and chromium-coated steel sheet from...
Pension Woes Prompt Switch to 401(k) Plans
Mark Glyptis knows too well how precarious planning for the future can be, even for the most vigilant saver. He has watched friends and colleagues spend most of their careers earning a pension through steel industry jobs only to have the retirement plans terminated and benefits slashed. Glyptis is president...
55 Good Things ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA: Williams Country Club Tied To Weirton's Steel History
WEIRTON - Accessing the greens and clubhouse at Williams Country Club is proof that membership has its privileges. Built in 1932, Williams exists largely because of the benevolence of the late J.C. Williams, philanthropist and one-time president of what was then the Weirton Steel Co., who realized a facility such...
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EX-ISG EXEC BIDS FOR IDLE WEIRTON ASSETS * It's a small world after all. Mittal Steel USA confirmed last week that a former International Steel Group executive wants to buy two idle blast furnaces in Weirton, W. Va., including one that Mittal shuttered last...
Mittal Steel USA.
Mittal Steel USA announced plans to permanently close the blast furnace melt shop at its 96-year-old Weirton Steel mill in West Virginia due to lower demand for tin sheet. The mill has not produced steel since May 2005. The shutdown reduces the number of operating integrated steel...
From Consolidation to Closure - Mittal Steel USA Permanently Halts Steel Making Facilities in Weirton, an Industrialinfo.com News Alert
HOUSTON -- Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Reducing the number of operating integrated steel mills in the U.S. from seventeen to sixteen, Mittal Steel USA recently announced the permanent closure of its blast furnace meltshop at the former Weirton Steel mill in West Virginia, because of...
Weirton Businesses Struggle to Cope with Mill's Downsizing
After 20 years, Weirton businessman Bill Pavlik figures he's seen just about everything the local economy can throw at him. Pavlik opened a car dealership in Weirton back in April 1984, just a few months after workers at Weirton Steel leaped into employee ownership, gambling that they could turn the...
Who's WHO IN WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESS: H. SMOOT FAHLGREN
PARKERSBURG - West Virginia may always have been "wild and wonderful," but no one knew it before H. Smoot Fahlgren came along. Fahlgren, founder of the national advertising firm Fahlgren Inc., is the advertising genius who came up with the now ubiquitous catch-phrase for the Mountain State. "Gaston Caperton was...
Mittal Weirton Steel Employees to Return to Work Nov. 5
Union officials at Mittal Weirton said about 400 employees who were on short-term layoff will be returning to work beginning Nov. 5. independent Steelworkers Union President Mark Glyptis said there are no plans for more layoffs in the near future. Rather, he said the company plans to add more crews...
Owner Works on Turning Weir Home Into Bed and Breakfast
WEIRTON - A little more than a year after taking possession of the storied home of the late E.T. Weir, Rosemary Susko is making headway in her efforts to turn it into a thriving bed-andbreakfast/special events hall. Susko acquired the three-story building, known locally as "The Lodge," and all of...
Weirton Steel Retirees Lament Company's Bankruptcy
Eleven years ago, Walter Danna was living the American dream: After 31 years at Weirton Steel, he'd retired with a $2,400 monthly pre-tax pension while he was still young enough to enjoy it. Then the unthinkable happened: Weirton Steel and the company that had owned it for decades, National Steel...
Mittal Weirton names new plant manager
Brian James is the new manager at Mittal Steel's Weirton plant. James, 36, succeeds Bill McKenzie, who announced last week he was leaving the post he's held since International Steel Group acquired the former Weirton Steel Corp. from bankruptcy in 2004. "James will be responsible for all operations at Weirton...
Mittal Steel Faces Uncertainty, More Furloughs
Amid uncertainty over who will take over as manager at Mittal Steel's Weirton plant, union leaders said more junior employees were furloughed this week as older workers began returning from a 10-week voluntary layoff. Plant manager Bill McKenzie cited personal reasons for leaving the job, which he has had since...
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- Incorporated: 1982
- Employees: 3,307
Weirton Steel is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon steel with principal product lines consisting of tin mill products and sheet products. Tin mill products include tin plate, chrome coated and black plate steels and are consumed principally by the container and packaging industry for food cans, general line cans and closure applications, such as caps and lids. Sheet products include hot and cold rolled and both hot-dipped and electrolytic galvanized steel and are used in numerous end-use applications, including among others the construction, appliance and automotive industries. In addition, Co. provids tolling services at its hot strip mill for a stainless steel producer.
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Weirton Steel Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Richard R. Burt
Chmn.
D. Leonard Wise
Mark E. Kaplan
Michael Bozic
Edson R. Arneault
Mark G. Glyptis
Thomas R. Sturges
Ronald C. Whitaker
Wendell Wood
Contact Information
400 Three Springs Drive
Weirton, WV
304 797-2000
NAICS Code
Iron and Steel Mills: 331111
