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Article: Latrobe steelmaker plans $62M expansion
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- January 23, 2008
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An expansion announced Tuesday by Latrobe Specialty Steel will
allow it to pursue new opportunities in the chemical, oil and gas
industries, and shorten delivery cycles for its aerospace customers,
officials said.
The company chose to expand in Pennsylvania -- instead of scouted
industrial sites in Virginia and West Virginia -- and will spend $62
million at plants in Latrobe and in Venango County.
The producer of precision-engineered specialty alloys will create
at least 107 jobs in both counties.
Latrobe Specialty Steel plans to expand melting capacity at its
vacuum remelting facility for high alloy specialty steels by
building a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near its
Latrobe ...