Jan. 16, 2007 — Tube City IMS Corp. announced that the company’s Tube City Division in Gary, Ind., has successfully passed an extensive ISO 9001:2000 quality system surveillance audit and retained its quality system certification from Steel Related Industries Quality System Registrar, Inc.

ISO 9001:2000 is a process-based certification that recognizes an organization’s ability to incorporate business objectives with operating effectiveness. Companies that achieve Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001:2000 have demonstrated effective implementation of documentation and records management, top management’s commitment to their customers, establishment of clear policy, good planning and implementation, good resource management, efficient process control, measurement and analysis of key performance factors and institutionalized continual improvement.

“Achieving recertification for our Gary scrap and brokerage operation is an endorsement of our commitment to quality and excellence in the business,” said Joseph Curtin, President and Chief Operating Officer of Tube City IMS, Tube City Division. “A strong, well-structured and responsive management system is vital to the growth of our Company. We are proud to have achieved recertification. Our team is to be applauded for its unflagging efforts to ensure that customer satisfaction and continuous improvement remain the keystone objectives of Tube City IMS.”

The Gary ferrous and nonferrous processing and brokerage facility has been ISO 9001:2000 certified since November 17, 1998.

Tube City IMS Corp., through its Tube City and IMS Divisions, is a leading provider of outsourced steel services, including raw materials purchasing and sales worldwide, scrap management, scrap optimization, and slag processing and metal recovery services to integrated steel mills, mini-mills and foundries. Tube City IMS has operations at 67 plants throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. The company’s Tube City Division is headquartered in Glassport, Pa., and its IMS Division is headquartered in Horsham, Pa.