STEEL COMMISSION UNVEILS ON-LINE INFORMATION RESOURCE

COLUMBUS, Ohio (October 31, 1996) –  Legislators, journalists, students and others looking for information about the Buckeye State steel industry can find it on-line through the Ohio Steel Commission's new site on the Internet's World Wide Web.

Located at http://www.ohiosteel.org, the site includes news and legislative issues, photos that illustrate the Ohio steel industry, profiles of steel producers in Ohio and other information. The site demonstrates the steel industry's technological sophistication and its focus on communicating in new ways with legislators, media and citizens.

"Our Internet presence helps move the image of the steel industry to where it should be: an industry firmly focused on and committed to future competitiveness," said Harold V. Kelly, Commission co-chairman and executive vice president and general counsel of Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. in Massillon. "This method of communicating, in its infancy today, represents the wave of the future. The Commission is poised to capitalize on it to better communicate with those who want to learn more about steel and its impact on Ohio."

Kelly said people can reach the Commission via e-mail and access four major resource areas of www.ohiosteel.org: Ohio Steel Facts, News from the State Capitol, Commission member information and a domain containing the latest news and updates to the site.

Ohio Steel Facts, for example, contains the Commission's annual report, the quarterly Ohio Steel Report, position papers on public affairs issues and other information. The remaining areas of the site feature news releases, links to other steel Internet locations, Commission profiles and more.

The graphic design of the site illustrates the making and end uses of steel. Visitors who register in the www.ohiosteel.org guest book will receive a thank-you gift from the Commission.

Kelly said the Commission will continue to expand and upgrade the site to keep pace with emerging technologies and to provide an ongoing resource for government officials, journalists and the general public.

The Ohio Steel Commission is a public-private partnership to strengthen ties among the steel industry, the state of Ohio and its citizens. The Commission's member organizations are AK Steel Corp., Armco Inc., CSC Ltd., LTV Steel Co., Republic Engineered Steels, Inc., The Timken Company, USS/KOBE Steel Company, WCI Steel, Inc., Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., the United Steelworkers of America, the Ohio Legislature, the Ohio Department of Development, The Ohio State University, and Youngstown State University. Lukens Inc. is an associate member.