WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS)
has advised its customers that a $620 per ton surcharge will be added to
invoices for electrical steel products shipped in November 2008. November
2008 surcharges for the broad range of stainless steel products that AK Steel
produces can be found on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.
AK Steel's surcharges are based on reported prices for raw materials and
energy used to manufacture the products, with the September 2008 purchase cost
used to determine the November 2008 surcharges.
About AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels,
primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,500 men and
women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler,
Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate
headquarters in West Chester, Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is
available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men
and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana. AK Tube
produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel
products for truck, automotive and other markets. Additional information
about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com.
SOURCE AK Steel
