12 Oct Esmark Inc. Buys Ohio Steel Plant
October 12, 2012, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, By Sam Spatter Esmark Inc. has purchased an idled steel finishing mill in Yorkville, Ohio, and a 50 percent interest in a tin plate production plant for a combined $6.25 million from bankrupt RG Steel LLC. The Sewickley-based company plans to spend about $15 million to restart the steel plant in January and bring back about 160 employees represented by the United Steelworkers, said James P. Bouchard, Esmark president and founder. The Yorkville cold-rolled steel plant that originally was part of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. will be renamed Ohio Cold Rolling Co. and will be majority owned and...