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AK Steel breaks ground for new R&D centre
AK Steel broke ground for its Research and Innovation Center at a ceremony held in Middletown, Ohio. The ceremony marked the start of construction of the company’s new 135,000ft2 facility being built on a 16-acre site in the city’s Renaissance District.
US Steel announces purchase of DESCO
United States Steel Corporation completed the purchase of AK Steel's interest in Double Eagle Steel Coating Company (DESCO). The 700,000-ton electrolytic-galvanizing line (EGL) will become part of the larger operational footprint of US Steel's Great Lakes Works.
AK Steel announces executive promotions
AK Steel said that its Board of Directors has approved certain executive promotions and organisation changes, effective 29 May 2015.
Roger K. AK Steel receives Deal Maker of the Year award
AK Steel received a Deal Maker of the Year award from the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) for the company’s USD 690M acquisition of Severstal Dearborn. 
AK Steel announces executive retirement
AK Steel announced the retirement of David C. Horn, executive vice president, chief legal and administrative officer, and secretary effective 31 May 2015.
Photo courtesy of AK Steel
Horn joined AK Steel in 2000 as assistant general counsel.
AK Steel’s Zanesville Works wins safety awards
AK Steel’s Zanesville (Ohio) Works has been recognised for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene. AK Steel coke plant’s safety performance recognised
AK Steel announced that the company’s Middletown (OH) Works coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI), an industry trade organisation based in Washington, D.C. 
AK Steel to build research and innovation centre
AK Steel announced plans to build a new research and innovation centre in Middletown, Ohio. The 120,000ft2 facility will be constructed on a 15-acre site located in the Cincinnati-Dayton growth corridor along Interstate 75.
AK Steel wins trade cases on NOES
AK Steel said that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) reached an affirmative (4-1) final determination that the domestic industry producing non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) is materially injured by dumped and subsidised imports from six countries.
AK Steel launches New Stainless Steel Product
AK Steel introduced CHROMESHIELD 22, a new nickel-free stainless steel product with enhanced benefits and stable pricing.