AKSteel.com Produces flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel products

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AK Steel is a leader in the production of flat-rolled carbon, stainless steel or electrical steel products, but also as carbon and stainless tubular steel products that provide for construction, appliance, manufacturing or automotive markets. With sales of over $6 billion, the company is now one of the Fortune 500 companies and has main plants and offices located in the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. AK Steel has been presented with numerous awards such as the U.S. Senate Productivity Award or the Best Plant Award by Industryweek.

Products

AK Steel offers a larger variety of products than any other manufacturer in the industry. AK Steel products, stainless and electrical steel, carbon steel are found in a vast number of consumer products and cover manufacturing, appliance and automotive markets. These products can be found in most exhaust system components, appliances, equipment used in various manufacturing processes but also in industrial equipments used all over the world. The company is also the premiere producer of electrical steel used in power distribution, generation, lighting equipment and motors.

The diverse product line that AK Steel has to offer is sustained by the steel research and development centre that constantly works to improve existing products and bring innovation to the industry. This is achieved by a close contact with the present and future clients in order to meet and surpass their exact requirements 100% of the time. As an example, the AK Steel Black Coat™ stainless steel is a product developed in order to manage the harsh requirements of modern automotive engines and components. AK Coatings Inc. is a subsidiary of AK Steel that provides carbon and stainless steels coated with the new AgION antimicrobial compound. These products are used in medical laboratories, air conditioned equipment but also in home appliances and food contact applications to provide the best microbial insulation.

Production Facilities

AK Steel plants operate under ISO/TS 16949 and/or ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System certification and ISO 14001 environmental certification. On their own, the individual steelmaking plants have received a great number of honors and awards like the North American Excellence Award that was received by two of the AK Steel plants.

AK Steel productions facilities include high-end production plants for:

Carbon melting in Ashland and Middletown,
Specialty melting in Butler and Mansfield,
Hot rolling in Butler, Mansfield, Middletown
Cold rolling Butler Coshocton Mansfield, Middletown, Rockport, Zanesville,
Coating in Ashland Middletown (Carbon/Stainless) Rockport,
Electrical processing Butler Zanesville
Stainless processing in Butler, Coshocton, Mansfield, Middletown, Rockport and Zanesville

Productivity

Smart and efficient manufacturing processes and workforce lead to an increased productivity, an essential element in this industry. The results are high quality products obtained with lower production costs. These characteristics have earned AK Steel numerous records in the steelmaking industry like:

World record for tons produced - Rockport Works Continuous Galvanizing/Galvannealing line
World's most productive cold mill -- Middletown Works.
Most productive blast furnace in the world -- Middletown Works.
World's most powerful cold mill -- Rockport Works.
Most powerful coating lines in the world -- Middletown and Rockport Works.
World's largest AOD (Argon Oxygen Decarburization) unit for refining specialty steels -- Butler Works.
World record holders for casting stainless and carbon steels -- Ashland and Mansfield Works

Together with the increased productivity and excellence records held, the steelmaking company has another great production advantage: flexible facilities. Some of the most flexible facilities in the world help produce a very diverse product line that covers all the domestic steel industry: from carbon to stainless and electrical steels. In fact, this is the only steel manufacturing company that covers all three types of steel.