AK Steel and the International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 1943 Celebrate Launch of New Apprenticeship Program at M...
October 10 2018 - 11:30AM
AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) and the International Association of
Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 1943 announced during Manufacturing
Week the official launch of a new apprenticeship program at AK
Steel Middletown Works. The IAM/AK Steel Maintenance
Technician Apprenticeship standards were approved by the Ohio
Department of Job & Family Services. The program gives
union production employees the opportunity to train to become fully
accredited journeymen in Maintenance Mechanics as Maintenance
Technicians through classroom work as well as on the job
training.
Thirty AK Steel employees recently began this first
new 18-month program at Middletown Works. The apprenticeship
program includes job training with the Mobile Maintenance
Department, and related instruction from hourly employees who have
been certified as instructors and are experts in pipefitting,
hydraulics, welding and electrical work. Following completion
of the program, these 30 employees will then earn state
certification (that is also nationally recognized) as journeymen in
Maintenance Mechanics and will be eligible to work in maintenance
at AK Steel Middletown Works. This new program is part of a
growing trend for industrial unions and their employers to meet the
challenges for workforce training.
“We are proud to partner with the IAM Local Lodge
to offer this important new way to help meet employee
development and business needs today and for the future,” said
Roger K. Newport, AK Steel Chief Executive Officer. “As the
only North American producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and
electrical steel products, AK Steel is focused on providing these
advanced employee training programs in order to meet our customers’
needs to deliver innovative new products.”
Neil Douglas, IAM Local Lodge 1943 President and
Directing Business Representative said, “Our goal is to continue
this joint program for decades down the road to help employees gain
new skills, and to invest in developing a more highly trained
workforce. I think it’s going to give our local, our
membership, and the company an advantage in our industry.”
The Ohio AFL-CIO and the AFL-CIO Working for
America Institute supported IAM and AK Steel to register their
apprenticeship and provided resources for program development.
AK SteelAK Steel is a leading producer of
flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products,
primarily for the automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing,
including electrical power, and distributors and converters
markets. Through its subsidiaries, the company also provides
customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products,
die design and tooling, and hot- and cold-stamped components.
Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), the
company has approximately 9,200 employees at manufacturing
operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and facilities
in Western Europe. Additional information about AK Steel is
available at www.aksteel.com.
Contacts: Media – Lisa H. Jester,
Corporate Manager, Communications and Public Relations (513)
425-2510Investors – Douglas O. Mitterholzer, General Manager,
Investor Relations (513) 425-5215
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