AK Steel Announces February 2009 Surcharges
01/06/2009 - AK Steel will add a $165 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in February 2009.
AK Steel has announced that it will add a $165 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in February 2009.
The company noted that its surcharges are based on reported prices for raw materials and energy used to manufacture its products. December 2008 purchase cost used to determine the February 2009 surcharges.
AK Steel has summarized its February 2009 surcharges on its website at www.aksteel.com.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio, and Columbus, Ind. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.
