WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK
Steel (NYSE: AKS) has advised its customers that a $420 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices
for electrical steel products shipped in May
2010. May 2010 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
March 2010 purchase cost used to
determine the May 2010
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 6,200 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