AK Steel Honors Four Companies with Supplier of the Year Awards
11/19/2007 - AK Steel honors four companies with its Supplier of the Year award for outstanding service, value and strategic support of the steelmaker's business plan.
AK Steel presented its "Supplier of the Year" award to four companies for outstanding service, value and strategic support of the steelmaker's business plan.
AK Steel's Supplier of the Year award recipients were:
- Vesuvius USA, Pittsburgh, Pa., providing steelmaking ladle components.
- Coyne Textile Services, Syracuse, N.Y., providing employee uniform services.
- Glencore Ltd., Stamford, Conn., supplying ferrochrome alloys.
- MPW Industrial Services, Hebron, Ohio, providing mobile equipment operation, grounds and other maintenance services.
"Our award recipients provided exceptional value to AK Steel this year," said James L. Wainscott, AK Steel's Chairman, President and CEO. "Each of them found innovative ways to supply us with quality products and services, delivered at significant cost savings to our company."
Wainscott presented the awards during the company's fourth annual Key Supplier Meeting held in West Chester, Ohio. During his keynote address at the meeting, he stressed the importance of the steelmaker and its suppliers working together to help maintain the momentum of AK Steel's growth.
The meeting was attended by representatives of AK Steel's top 100 suppliers, based on the dollar value of the commodities and services provided. The suppliers collectively represented more than $3 billion in goods and services purchased annually by AK Steel.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, as well as carbon and stainless tubular steel products, for automotive, appliance, construction and manufacturing markets.
