AK Steel Announces October 2010 Surcharges
09/02/2010 - AK Steel says it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in October 2010.
AK Steel has announced it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in October 2010.
The company noted that its surcharges are based on reported prices for the raw materials and energy used to manufacture the products. August 2010 purchase costs used to determine the October 2010 surcharges.
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 6200 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.
