WCI STEEL, INC. (WCI) is a niche-oriented integrated producer of value-added, custom steel products. WCI’s primary facility covers approximately 1,100 acres in Warren, Ohio, with additional facilities owned by subsidiaries located in Niles and Youngstown, Ohio, all of which are situated between Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. WCI produces approximately 185 grades of flat-rolled custom and commodity steel products. Total shipments were 1,281,140 tons during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2002 (fiscal 2002) and 1,041,209 tons in fiscal 2001. The Company produces a wide range of custom flat-rolled steel products, including high-carbon, alloy, ultra-high-strength, silicon electrical and heavy-gauge galvanize steel. WCI’s custom products are characterized by small order quantities, specialized chemistries, narrow widths and value-added processing, with an emphasis on customer-specific quality requirements and delivery performance.
Weirton Steel Corporation is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon steel. Its business was operated as the Weirton Steel Division of National Steel Corporation (National) from 1929 to 1984. The Company acquired its principal operating assets from National in January 1984 and became a publicly traded company in June 1989. Weirton has two principal product lines: tin mill products (TMP), which include a range of light gauge steels such as black plate, tin coated steel and electrolytic chromium coated steel that are consumed principally by the container and packaging industry for food cans, general line cans and closure applications, such as caps and lids and sheet steel products, which include hot and cold rolled and both hot-dipped and electrolytic galvanized steel, that are used in end use applications, including the construction, appliance and automotive industries.
Weirton Steel Corporation is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon steel. Its business was operated as the Weirton Steel Division of National Steel Corporation (National) from 1929 to 1984. The Company acquired its principal operating assets from National in January 1984 and became a publicly traded company in June 1989. Weirton has two principal product lines: tin mill products (TMP), which include a range of light gauge steels such as black plate, tin coated steel and electrolytic chromium coated steel that are consumed principally by the container and packaging industry for food cans, general line cans and closure applications, such as caps and lids and sheet steel products, which include hot and cold rolled and both hot-dipped and electrolytic galvanized steel, that are used in end use applications, including the construction, appliance and automotive industries.