Don Pether
Don Pether
affected costs drop energy higher market materials negatively purchased raw
Profitability was negatively affected by significantly higher costs for purchased slabs, raw materials and energy and a significant drop in market pricing.
coming companies create global growth together
The coming together of our two companies is a partnership that will create significant, long-term opportunities for growth in an increasingly competitive global industry.
attractive board elected face offer process pursue rather risks several stretching taken via
Our board elected to pursue this attractive offer now rather than face the risks and uncertainties of stretching out the process via an auction, which would have taken several weeks.