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Republic Steel is an American steel manufacturer that was once the country's third largest steel producer. It was founded as the Republic Iron and Steel Company in Youngstown, Ohio in 1899. After rising to prominence during the early 20th Century, Republic suffered heavy economic losses and was eventually bought out before re-emerging in the ...
When Central Steel became part of Central Alloy Steel Company, Griffiths became chairman of its board of trustees. However, when that firm was absorbed by the Republic Steel Corporation, he was assigned the presidency of the Republic Research Corporation. Not wanting to conduct research, Griffth's left Republic to join the Timken Company.
The principal stockholder of Republic was Cyrus Eaton, a well-known financier who made a fortune, in part, through Republic Steel. [1] With the combination of these two companies with Republic Steel Corporation, Republic became the third largest steel company in the United States after U.S. Steel Company and the Bethlehem Steel Company. [1]
In 1936, Republic hired Patton to set up an internal legal department. He joined the company’s board in 1943 and a year later was named vice president. He became president in 1956 and then chairman and chief executive of Republic Steel until his retirement in 1971. [1] Patton also served as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute ...
In July 1926, Eaton acquired the United Alloy Steel Corporation, the Central Steel Co., and the United Furnace Co., and combined them to form and incorporate the Central Alloy Steel Corporation. [24] He also began buying stock in the Republic Iron and Steel Company, and by early 1927 had won control of four seats on the company's board of ...
Steel is an alloy composed of between 0.2 and 2.0 percent carbon, with the balance being iron. From prehistory through the creation of the blast furnace, iron was produced from iron ore as wrought iron, 99.82–100 percent Fe, and the process of making steel involved adding carbon to iron, usually in a serendipitous manner, in the forge, or via the cementation process.
Campbell became superintendent of the Mahoning Valley Iron Company in 1895 but resigned five years later, when the firm was absorbed by Republic Steel Company. [2] In 1900, Youngstown industrialist George D. Wick appointed Campbell as secretary of what became the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. In 1902, Campbell rose to the position of vice ...
Charles McElroy White (June 13, 1891 – January 10, 1977) was an American steel manufacturing executive. He was a protégé of Tom M. Girdler, and was briefly superintendent [1] of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1929.