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Just Wondering

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Category: Middletown Area Business
Forum Name: AK Steel in Middletown, Ohio
Forum Description: AK Steel in Middletown Discussion
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Printed Date: Nov 25 2024 at 6:59am


Topic: Just Wondering
Posted By: VietVet
Subject: Just Wondering
Date Posted: Mar 05 2009 at 7:20am
Talked to the neighbor across the street yesterday. He told me some bad news about his situation. He lost his job as a technician at AK Research after 28 years with the company the other day. Only place he has worked. He said that while they were laying off technicians, they were keeping the young engineers. They only have five techs left in the whole place. Don't know why they would do that unless the engineers can run the test equipment to continue their research projects. This conversation prompted a question about AK. Given the fact that the big dogs have left town and gone to West Chester, how many people are really left down at the old general offices/research?


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Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: May 05 2010 at 12:56pm
sawan:  Try being an internet troll, an email spammer, phishing for credit card numbers or any of the other ethically challenged or illegal practices so prevalent in the world today.  The sooner you get caught and locked away in some hideous third world prison, the sooner we will be rid of you.

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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012

Posted By: squeemy
Date Posted: Jul 15 2010 at 9:02pm
there's about 50 people left at Research - a place that hasn't done much research since AK took over.

Research has not produced a single patent in the past 10 years - about the time AK took over from the last vestige of Armco left in Middletown. the place used to crank out patents for new steel processes and products and Armco enjoyed the license fees charged to other steelmakers for WHAT WAS INVENTED IN MIDDLETOWN.

I understand that Wainscott is now watching the license fees for all the product and process patents expire. Too little - too late Jimmy. You and Wardrop didn't realize what you had.

I don't think folks around here realize how much innovation kept steelmaking in Middletown for the past 100+ years and the major role Research played in it.

Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Jul 16 2010 at 7:35am
good points, squuem
thanks for the info/reminder


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