Welland, ON: ASW/Valbruna/Atlas Steel

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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted seven photos with the comment:

I was asked recently if Atlas Steel in Welland, Ontario, was ever owned by Stelco. The short answer: No. Here's the ownership history of Atlas Steel:

Year         Owner

1918 Dillon Crucible Steel Alloy Co. (original plant)

1920 Atlas Crucible Steel Company

1928 Purchased by Roy H. Davis and associates; became Atlas Steel Company

1963 Acquired by Rio Algom Ltd.

1985 Spun off as Atlas Specialty Steels

1989 Purchased by South Korea's SAMMI Corporation

2000 Purchased by Slater Steel

2006 Purchased by MMFX Technologies

2010 Became ASW Steel

2016 Acquired by Ampco-Pittsburgh (now operating as ASW/Valbruna)

Stelco's major Welland operation was Page-Hersey Tubes.

1965 – Stelco acquired Page-Hersey.

1985 – The operation became Stelpipe Ltd.

2005 – During Stelco's CCAA restructuring, the Welland pipe mill was sold to Lakeside Steel, later becoming JMC/Energex.

So Welland had two completely separate steel companies:

Atlas Steel – specialty steels, stainless steels, tool steels, alloy steels.

Page-Hersey/Stelpipe – welded pipe and tube products owned by Stelco.

Atlas specialized in specialty and stainless steels, while Stelco concentrated primarily on carbon steel. They served different markets and generally complemented rather than directly competed with one another. (Text from ChatGPT.) Photos courtesy of the Welland Tribune.

D Eric Davis shared

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Shawn Aulbrook: This is the 10-2 Rod Mill...I worked on that mill as a Rougher and Strander...

Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton: This Atlas Rolling Mill looks quite similar to Stelco's 'Old Mill' - the 10-9 Mill, which closed in the late 70s ...

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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton: Atlas Steel's EAF Furnace - Electric Arc Furnace

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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton: Atlas Steel's EAF Furnace - Electric Arc Furnace

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Evan Adam Kitchen commented on the above post
I was recently inside ASW. This is the at the Melt Shop, where the ARC Furnace melts the raw components into steel, inside these laddles. I was using an excavator with hammer to knock out the port holes in the bottom.

Evan Adam Kitchen commented on his comment

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