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  • Monday, October 31, 2016 8:00 PM

    Åkers National Roll Issues WARN Notice at Avonmore Facility

    Carnegie, PA, October 31, 2016 – Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP) and Union Electric Steel Corporation (“Union Electric Steel”), a wholly owned operating subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh, today announced that Åkers National Roll Company (the “Company”), issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice to certain employees at the Company’s Avonmore, Pennsylvania, facility, union officials,…

  • Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:00 PM

    Ampco-Pittsburgh Subsidiaries to Increase Price on Forged and Cast Rolls

    Carnegie, PA (June 13, 2016) – Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP) announced today that its subsidiary, Union Electric Steel Corporation (“Union Electric Steel”), will raise prices on forged and cast roll products that it and its subsidiaries produce globally. These subsidiaries include the recently acquired companies formerly comprising the Åkers Group (“Åkers”). This increase is effective…

  • Monday, March 7, 2016 8:30 AM

    Important Announcement – UES

    Dear Valued Customer,I am pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the following Åkers Group manufacturing sites by Union Electric Steel Corporation. With the closing of this transaction, the forged and cast roll businesses of Union Electric Steel and those acquired from Åkers Group will officially begin conducting business under the brand name…

  • Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:50 AM

    Ampco-Pittsburgh to acquire Åkers AB – Altor becomes shareholder of Ampco-Pittsburgh

    Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (Ampco-Pittsburgh) announced yesterday that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Åkers AB and certain of its affiliates(Åkers). Altor Fund II (Altor) will become a significant shareholder of Ampco-Pittsburgh following the closing of the transaction. The combined group is expected to become a world leader within the rolls industry with respect to…

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