OHIO STEEL COUNCIL WELCOMES TWO NEW MEMBERS

COLUMBUS, Ohio (December 24, 1998) –  Two new representatives have been named to the Ohio Steel Council, a public-private partnership of educational, governmental and industrial leaders.

The new members represent Republic Engineered Steels, Inc., in Massillon, as well as a new associate member of the Council, Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc., the first non-steel-related member company of the Ohio Steel Council.

Appointed to the Council by Ohio Gov. George V. Voinovich, Joseph F. Lapinsky is the new representative for Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. He replaces Harold Kelly, former co-chair of the Council, who has retired.

Having served as president of Republic's Hot Rolled Bar Division since 1997, Lapinsky was named, in 1998, president and chief operating officer of Republic Engineered Steels and Bar Technologies. Lapinsky worked for Copperweld Steel Co. and headed up his own consulting firm before moving to Republic in 1995 as general manager of Hot Rolled Bar Operations. In 1997, he was appointed president of the Hot Rolled Bar Division.

Lapinsky has been a board member of the United Way and was chairman of the Warren Area Chamber of Commerce. He received his MBA from Youngstown State University in 1984 and received a master's degree in industrial relations from West Virginia University in 1973.

He lives in Massillon, Ohio, with his wife and two daughters.

The Council voted in Pittsburgh Logistics as an associate member after receiving a request for membership from the company.

Based in Monaca, Pennsylvania, with a Midwestern regional office in Orland Park, Illinois, Pittsburgh Logistics services the transportation needs of several Ohio steel producers.

Representing Pittsburgh Logistics on the Council is Gregg A. Troian, who is president of the company. Troian has been appointed chair of the Council's newly formed transportation committee.

Previously, Troian served as executive vice president of PGT Trucking Co. in Monaca, Pa. Troian received his B.S. in business from the New York Institute of Technology and presently serves on the Advisory Board of Pennsylvania State University, Beaver campus. He lives with his wife Judy and two daughters in Cranberry Township, Pa.

The Ohio Steel Council, appointed in 1991 by Gov. George V. Voinovich, is a public-private partnership designed to strengthen ties among the steel industry, the state of Ohio and its citizens. The Council's member organizations are AK Steel Corp., Armco Inc., CSC Ltd., LTV Steel Co., North Star Steel Ohio, Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc., Republic Engineered Steels Inc., The Timken Company, USS/KOBE Steel Co., Washington Steel, WCI Steel, Inc., Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., the United Steelworkers of America, the Ohio Legislature, Ohio Department of Development, The Ohio State University and Youngstown State University.