Author: David Barensfeld : 01/12/09EGI on 1/7/09 sold all its stock in ELLWOOD Steel Belgium to GMH Holding, Osnabrueck, Germany, terminating all of its interest in ESB. GMH plans to continue operations at ESB’s plant in Seraing, Belgium with the same work force.... Read more
Author: Mary Ann Buckley : 12/18/08EGI is pleased to announce that Kenneth Brooks of Shelby Twp., Michigan is the recipient of the second annual $25,000 Metallurgy Scholarship. Ken is a student at Michigan Technological University with a major in Materials Scienc... Read more
Author: Bob Rumcik : 11/25/08So far in the 4Q 08, EQS has set daily (35 heats), weekly (211 heats) and monthly (888 heats) production records. These records were made possible by the hard work of our steelmaking team, as they skillfully and safely utilized the eq... Read more
Author: EGI press release : 09/16/08September 2, 2008. ELLWOOD Group, Inc. announced its purchase of the all of the stock of Interstate Southwest Ltd, Navasota, TX from Balmoral Fund I LP, Los Angeles, and others. ISW is a leading closed-die forge shop with drop ... Read more
Author: Ben Conaway : 09/16/08HERMITAGE, Pa. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today joined ELLWOOD Crankshaft and Machine Inc. (ECM) to announce a partnership designed to foster a safe workplace for employees, ... Read more
Author: Bob Rumcik : 04/03/08March of 2008 was the first full month at EQS that the higher powered 35/42 MVA EAF transformer was in routine operation, the new copper encased EAF water cooled panels were in place, and the recently upgraded EAF electrode regulation... Read more
Author: Scott Gregory : 01/18/08On January 7th, 2008, ELLWOOD National Steel crews achieved full design production of its recently commissioned Ladle Furnace by producing eight prime heats of forging quality ingots in 12 hours. Non-LMF capacity was a maximum of s... Read more
Author: Scott Boyd : 06/14/07ELLWOOD Specialty Steel has completed the acquisition of the assets of the Walter Metals Corporation (WMC). The company, which continues operations as an independent unit, is now known as Walter Metals LLC. Walter Metals is a long est... Read more
Author: Brian Taylor : 05/25/07ELLWOOD Crankshaft and Machine and ELLWOOD National Crankshaft Services are working diligently to reduce our internal cycle time and the total cutting time required to manufacture a work piece through machine tool investments, LEAN ... Read more
Author: Bob Rumcik : 05/24/07ELLWOOD Quality Steels (EQS) set a monthly production record of 869 heats in March. To accomodate such record production rates, the rolling twelve month production limit was raised from 413,000 NTs to 415,446 NTs on a deminimus basis ... Read more