Weirton Steel Corp

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.