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FILE NAME Armco ARM DATE 1961 ~ DOC ARM019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Annual Report - Accent on Tomorrow Byte VERTICAL FILE ^'. OHIO_ROOM_OHIO_ROOM_ no Not Circulate Pam VE ( imerican rolling rolling milicompany milicompany ; 1961 8655 accent on tomorrow PRT Ais de RE Ce EN ler Sein ate PALS RUNWAY TO THE FUTURE These are the eerie innards of a synchrotron a massive machine that hurls of matter around a tiny particles magnetic runway at speeds over 60,000,000 miles an hour . . . and then smashes them into pieces infinitely smaller than the atom itself secrets for our future use Like all such . . . unlocking their machines it seeks greater understanding of our world and its fundamental nature To most of us this imposing instrument could easily belong to another perhaps to another world entirely But it does century ... ... ... or belong to the here and now . . . and the past Armco steel used in its construction proves that every future is built on a The magnets which are its heart are made of a sophisticated grandson of Armco's first specialty steel " . produced near the turn of the century At that time the company was The American Rolling Mill Company founded in 1900 with 35 shareholders ... ... ... 325 employees . . . and one steelmaking furnace It was company even for those days and its chances for survival a tiny the odds however and into were considered slim It ignored grew what is now Armco Steel Corporation a company with 40,000 employees 70,000 shareholders eight steel mills and more than 80 manu- facturing plants and sales offices throughout the Free World Armco's growth ... a story of continuous effort to produce special steels for particular needs . . . has been based on three beliefs Research and innovation are the prime movers of progress A company's vitality depends on its ability to take advantage of the changing opportunities of the times People are a company's most important asset This booklet affirms and expands upon those beliefs and attempts to show how Armco travels the runways to the future why Armco's accent is always on tomorrow OM start Tm ene Be ne be oe ee caine Wn j " RESEARCH An Armco research chemist checks the oxygen content in an experi- mental steel sample To his right is a small induction furnace in which the samples are melted FIRST THE IDEAS The first research laboratory in the steel industry was established by Armco in 1910 Research has since become " way of life for the company and the number of research personnel has doubled every decade Moreover every Armco plant today is a branch laboratory and ideas flow freely between plant personnel and research scientists andAn idea can come from whether a trained chemist or a machine operator anyone can contribute to its success At Armco an idea receives the attention and effort of every single department that might be concerned with it This emphasis on close liaison between scientific and operating people has enabled the company to maintain a consistently high level of innovation and development of new steels and the processes to make them Better steels Some of the most important breakthroughs in the history of steelmaking have come out of Armco laboratories Armco's electrical originated on a commercial basis in made the large use of lower possible electricity Power generating facilities continue to double each decade . . . and to this vast market has been added a demand from the world of electronics for new specialty electrical steels glamorous The company's enameling iron was the first sheet metal made specifically for porcelain enameling and Armco has always led in the technology of this specialty The company's latest developments in this field have cut production costs on home fixtures architectural appliances plumbing panels and a number of other porcelain enameled products The basic design for the nation's most popular highway guardrails a wide variety of alloy and stainless steel products and aging drawing steels for automotive bodies are among other Armco innovations Research has also brought forth many new drainage RESEARCH products and sweeping new designs for engineered steel buildings Improved equipment for oil and gas production is also an outgrowth of Armco's research efforts Better processes Equally as important as the new products introduced by Armco are the revolutionary steelmaking processes it has developed The company built the world's first continuous sheet rolling mill at its Ashland Kentucky Works in 1924 an achievement that helped put the automobile the refrigerator the washing machine and countless other products within pocketbook range of millions of Americans A few years later the company developed the Sendzimir continuous process Zinc and aluminum steels made by this method are broadly used in appliances automotive bodies building panels and countless other products requiring extra corrosion resistance Applications for these coated steels continue to grow by leaps and bounds Through the development of taconite ores in the Lake Superior region Armco recently helped open new horizons for the production of pig iron Research to perfect methods of producing iron taconite pellets was carried out in association with the University of Minnesota and in partnership with Republic Steel Corporation Use of the taconite pellets has doubled iron output from Armco blast furnaces reinforcing the company's position as a leader in blast furnace technology In all Armco is continually seeking and analyzing new ways to use raw materials to smelt iron to melt steel and to refine steel products to meet higher standards of per- formance The prime aim is not only to meet the demands of today but also to anticipate those of the future The tradition of research is a fundamental strength of Armco and from it will come ideas once transformed into metal help shape the future Armco DIVISION STEEL FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND USES The Armco Division is the largest of the company's five divisions and is an important supplier of steel for America's basic metalworking industries While quality steels for stamping and forming operations constitute a major part of the division's output the products that most distinguish it are its specialty steels . developed by Armco for some of the most singular and unusual applications in industry Important Armco Division specialties include ALUMINIZED STEEL especially valuable in automotive exhaust systems where it doubles the life expectancy of mufflers and other exhaust parts . . coated steels for automotive bodies ductwork and building panels - +. enameling iron for home appliances architectural panels and plumbing materials . electrical steels for generators guidance systems nuclear equipment and electric motors from the largest built to the tiny units which power electric razors From milk to missiles Also among the sophisticated specialties produced and sold by the Armco Division are the PH grades of stainless steel Developed primarily for missiles and supersonic aircraft they are now solving critical problems in many other industries Armco stainless ranges from huge ingots to stainless bar and rod to steel thinner than this page . . and its applications range from rocket fuel tanks aenidghatirtcirmaefst forgings to caps on the teeth of milk cows In the center of industrial America The Armco Division headquarters in Middletown Ohio nine plants advantageously located throughout the East Central United States The division's open hearth furnaces and nine electric furnaces are supported by six blast futrnwaceesnStteeyl from these operations feeds three modern strip mills and some of the most modern steel finishing facilities in the world sy a] cent ARMCO DIVISION Built like a precision watch this powerful Sendzimir mill meets exact- ing customer requirements in rolling tolerance stainless steels The Armco Division plants at Middletown Ohio and Ashland Kentucky are fully- integrated facilities which convert raw materials into finished rolled steels Along with the Butler Pennsylvania plant each is also a large producer of coated steels . Stainless steels are made at the Butler plant and at Baltimore Maryland The Baltimore Works is the largest integrated facility in the world devoted exclusively to the prod- uction of stainless steel bar and wire Electrical steels are also made at Butler and at the Zanesville Ohio plant At Ambridge Pennsylvania the Armco Division operates a major facility producing seamless pipe principally for the oil industry welded pipe for a variety of uses and diameter conduit for the expanding housing and industrial markets Other types of pipe as well as highway guardrails drainage structures and other formed products are made at the Middletown Ohio fabricating plant Small diameter tubing is produced in Piqua Ohio and fabricated into parts for a variety of products including outdoor furniture and picnic tables small television towers and masts and golf carts Service and cooperative effort ; Sales offices are located in principal cities throughout the country with sales staffs made up of trained personnel Since the Armco Division manufactures so many specialty products a variety of technical services are offered on a continuing basis to Armco customers and close liaison is maintained among operating sales research and market development staffs The benefits being derived from the Armco Division's continuing program of tech- nological improvement and cooperative effort are enhancing the company's already strong position as a basic supplier to America's metalworking petroleum and construction industries . . . as well as establishing it as a leader in steel technology for the electronics communications and aerospace industries SHEFFIEld divisION Sparks fly as steel joists are welded automatically along a computer operated production line STEEL FOR THE GROWING AND SOUTHWEST MIDWEST The Sheffield Division is a pioneer producer of steel products west of the is an important supplier of carbon and Mississippi It and Southwest alloy steels to industry all over the Midwest The division's principal products are sold to the oil construction agricultural defense transportation and mining industries Sheffield also serves national markets with nuts forgings grinding media wire alloys and other bolts purpose steel products Modern facilities for progress and growth The Sheffield Division operates major facilities in Kansas City Missouri where it is headquartered and in Houston Texas A third plant is located in Sand Springs Oklahoma The Kansas City facilities produce the widest range of products in the division con- centrating particularly on steels for the growing construction industry Products in- clude bars structurals wire rods fence nails and bolts A plant is also located there new automated bar joist The Houston Works is one of the Southwest's largest industrial installations and the only completely integrated steel plant in that area of the The broad spectrum of steel products but country plant produces a industries One of specializes in steels for the oil defense and mining is located at Housttohne world's most modern plate mills and wide plate treating units Sheffield's Sand Springs plant near Tulsa is a major producer of Armco's Crescent concrete reinforcing bars a bond bar designed for the construction To make steels as varied as the industry markets it serves the Sheffield Division has twelve open hearths six electric furnaces and one blast furnace The division has sales offices located in principal cities throughout the Midwest and Southwest ... ... ... and as markets in these the Sheffield Division growing areas continue to expand so too will ae sey: * SS -_ -"* an, ort. a," - 7 REE as * wa - 14e < wees, xx) e e NATIONAL supply division Outlined against a sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico this Christmas Tree controls the flow of natural gas from producing zones beneath the earth's surface TOOLS FOR TODAY'S AND TOMORROW'S ENERGY The National Supply Division is a leading supplier to America's primary energy industry petroleum The division manufactures and markets a wide variety of oil field machinery and equipment National's drilling rigs derrick equipment pumping units and rotary machines are used in all parts of the world where oil and gas are produced or sought The division's products are made at plants in Houston and Gainesville Texas and in Los Nietos and Torrance California Direct sales to the people on the scene In addition to having an extensive sales organization National Supply Division operates 120 oil field supply stores in North Central and South America Dealing directly with people on the scene they supply customers with immediate service and counsel Products made by nearly 8,000 other manufacturers are also sold including rock bits engines valves maintenance supplies and hand tools In addition to drilling and production equipment the division also produces forgings castings aircraft parts ordnance material and special types of heavy machinery The future demand for oil With only seven percent of the world's population the United States consumes forty percent of its energy Within a generation this huge hunger is expected to double ... ... ... with foreign demand rising even faster Faced with this demand the petroleum industry will require new and improved tools for exploration and production National Supply's program of product development and service will supply them whenever and wherever they're needed 11 f Spy St Aine | { |! | METAL PRoducts DIVISION Steel for modern office buildings ranges from roofs to gleaming doar- posts from sidewalls to window frames This is a engineered Armco building constructed of stand- ard Armco components STEEL PRODUCTS FOR CONSTRUCTION The Metal Products Division of Armco manufactures a complete line of steel buildings and drainage products The division is a pioneer in the development and production of corrugated metal drainage and construction items and of engineered steel buildings Products from the division are found all over the continent . . on the great new Inter- state Highway System . . . at microwave stations in British Columbia ... ... ... logging operations in Washington > . dam construction in Texas and tobacco warehouses in North Carolina . . . wherever fabricated steel products can be used Service that spans the continent The Metal Products Division operates 49 plants located in 25 states and eight Canadian provinces Products made at these plants include pipe structures spiral welded pipe nest- able pipe highway guardrail piling type retaining walls and steel buildings The division has a nationwide sales force of more than 300 trained engineers who operate from sales offices all over the country Steel buildings are also marketed through appointed dealers An outstanding special feature of Metal Products operations is specialized customer service In the planning stages of construction division engineers and technical personnel are available to consult with customers on a wide range of product applications The division's construction service will also install or erect Armco products at any time in any location a customer wishes A role in the future The products made and sold by Metal Products Division have always supplied markets where industry agriculture construction and transportation are expanding With the increasing importance of land reclamation water conservation highway and street modernization and industrial growth the Metal Products Division will play an greater role in the future of Armco 13 ARMCO INTERNATIONAL STEEL PRODUCTS FOR THE FREE WORLD The operations of Armco International extend to World in more than twenty countries of the Free . . . Europe Australia Central and South America Africa and Asia With headquarters in Middletown Ohio Armco International work of manufacturing installations warehouses and sales offices aonpderdaitsetsriabugtleosbAalrmnecto- products outside the United States and Canada Major exporter and manufacturer Many of Armco International's products are made in the and exported to foreign buyers However the division corporation's domestic plants additional steel products are manufactured operates 18 overseas plants where . . . including many items designed specifically Special Bundy tubing forms by European appliance manufacturers ~ are shaped by a Sikh workman at Armco's Letchworth England plant other manufacturers both American and allied foreign Among the more important of these products are welding equipment and machinery and electrodes Since many Armco patents are licensed for use abroad Armco International also pro- vides technical aid to overseas producers under term fee and royalty contracts The company's engineering and operating personnel often train methods and foreign steelmen in Armco technology and also supervise the design and construction of steel many parts of the world plants in Long experience and continuing growth The experience of Armco International in world trade dates back company's first venture in Brazil Since nearly fifty years to the has become then each of the division's growing installations With the arnevionltuegtriaolnpoafrt of the economy in which it operates rising expectations becoming more and more a fact Armco International's long experience will be a major asset in demand for steel successfully meeting the growing products around the world 15 NATURAL RESOURCES At Armco's jointly taconite processing facilities at Silver Bay Minnesota an ore carrier inches toward the dock to pick up a cargo of iron taconite pellets for use in Armco blast furnaces RAW MATERIALS OF THE FUTURE FOR ARMCO'S STEELS As Armco plans ahead for its facilities and its products . . . it also plans ahead for the raw materials from which its steels of the future will be made The company has a con- tinuing program of development for the three prime steelmaking materials iron ore coal and limestone Most important source of Armco's iron ore today is the Reserve Mining Company jointly owned by Armco and Republic Steel This company extracts iron from vast plies of taconite rock at its Silver Bay Minnesota facilities The ore is then processed siunpt-o marble pellets and shipped by lake boat and rail to Armco plants in Ohio and Kentucky Some taconite pellets barged down the Mississippi are also used at the Houston plant Houston's principal ore source however lies in company deposits in East Texas To assure even greater ore reserves Armco has an interest in the Iron Ore Company of Canada which mines shipping ore in the great Labrador fields and also duces iron ore concentrates from grade deposits - . . pro- For coal Armco looks to its mines in West Virginia and Oklahoma Reserves in Central West Virginia provide coking coal for the company's Ohio facilities and Oklahoma mines supply coke ovens at the Houston Works Armco also owns limestone quarries in Ohio and Texas Steel and other materials scrap alloying elements required by steelmaking furnaces are acquired from outside sources Few industries must plan as far ahead as steel Armco has made its plans and carried them out The company's reserves are more than adequate to meet the needs of tomorrow 17 WHAT ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONS ? Industry and people are not divisible Without skilled and imaginative people the most modern facilities in the world would be virtually useless unproductive So a company in reality is no more than the collective effort of individual men and women the or less ... ... enthusiasm loyalty and vitality of people possible Armco management has always believed in building and preserving the best human relations with all groups and individuals the company touches whether within the organization or outside it Their efforts in this area are built on a background of innovations once thought revolutionary . . . but now almost universal Armco people were the first in heavy industry to have group insurance the first in the steel industry to have an hour day and first to enjoy a wage plan which fifteen years later was made the pattern for the whole steel industry The meaning of these forward steps and many others like them can never truly be measured But it can be said that in years when the steel industry has been rocked by nationwide strikes about half the company's major installations and most of its smaller ones have remained in full operation The company has thus been able to offer more security to employees greater stability to plant communities steadier continuity of supply to customers and more constant earning power to shareholders The first industrial constitution The cornerstone of Armco's human relations efforts is Armco Policies an industrial con- stitution written by Armco's founders and adopted by the Board of Directors in 1919 Since that time it has served as a guide in the conduct of the company's relations with all its publics 4 Armco Policies was probably the first document of its kind in industry In effect it established the responsibilities of Armco people and the fundamental principles of the com- pany's management . . . to set firm objectives to be a good citizen to guarantee individual opportunity and to build an organization of men and women whose beliefs and are in harmony with each other goals Knowledge to meet opportunity In accord with the Policies Armco tries in all ways to help its people prepare for advancement and to improve their skills in whatever areas they may desire 18 ARMCO'S PEOPLE The company has had for many years a comprehensive gram and recently developed a significant innovation in management development pro- of Management This film and this field called The Profession seminar program sets forth Armco's business philosophy as well as teaching the principles of scientific management In all the great variety of personnel development methods brought to bear on just one aim to employed by Armco are provide its people with the knowledge needed to make the most of each opportunity the future presents for them and for their company 19 ARMCO PLANTS PRODUCTS AND MARKETS Operating units ARMCO DIVISION SHEFFIELD DIVISION Plants Ambridge Pa Ashland Ky Baltimore Md Butler Pa Hamilton Ohio Middletown Ohio 2 Piqua Ohio Zanesville Ohio Armco Division also operates coal mines at Montcoal W. Va and quarries at Piqua Ohio Houston Texas Kansas City Mo. 2 Sand Springs Okla Sheffield Division also operates the Evans Coal Co. Ft Smith Ark iron ore mines in East Texas and 15 wire and wire rope warehouses in 12 states Products Carbon and alloy steel sheet strip and plate Aluminum steels Electrical steels Enameling iron coated steels Stainless steels all forms coated steels Wrought steel wheels Tubing Formed products Spiral welded pipe Oil well casing drill pipe Standard pipe products Rigid conduit Electrical metallic tubing Markets Automotive Appliance Construction Aircraft and missile Electrical equipment Agricultural Processing industries General manufacturing Railroad Petroleum Carbon and alloy steel blooms billets bars plates structurals wire rods springwire and manufacturers wire Reinforcing bars and welded wire fabric Grinding balls and rods Bolt and forged products Joists Nails Woven wire fence barbed wire and baling wire Wire rope slings high carbon wire strand and stress relieved wire and strand Tank heads Construction Agricultural Mining Aircraft and missile Petroleum Shipbuilding Railroad General manufacturing Logging Automotive Marine NATIONAL SUPPLY DIVISION METAL PRODUCTS DIVISION ARMCO INTERNATIONAL Gainesville Texas Houston Texas Los Nietos Calif Torrance Calif National Supply Division also operates 120 oil field supply stores in all major oil producing areas of the United States Canada and Venezuela Forty plants in 25 states and eight provinces of Canada Eighteen plants in 14 foreign countries Armco International also has 38 warehouses in 14 foreign countries Rotary drilling and well servicing rigs Rotary machines Hydraulic drives and pumping equipment Derrick equipment Slush pumps Drill Collars sucker rods and tool joints Torque converters Triplex plunger pumps Well control equipment Forgings and castings Special machinery Petroleum Construction Industrial Utilities Aircraft and missile Shipbuilding Municipal Corrugated metal drainage structures engineered steel buildings Spiral welded pipe Highway guardrail Tunnel liner plate Sewer pipe Pile shells and pipe Retaining walls piling Water control gates standing canopies Bridge plank Conveyor covers Gasoline and oil storage tanks Highway state and federal Municipal Educational Railroad Industrial Commercial Agricultural Utilities Petroleum Federal and state agencies Tubing Corrugated metal drainage structures and pipe Welding electrodes Grinding balls Steel buildings and metal lath Water control gates Plus foreign sales of Armco's made products and numerous allied products Foreign governments industry and commerce at right An Armco specialist operates the electronic controls of a bright annealing unit for stainless steel Used in decorative trim the stainless is wound in coils along with a special paper to protect its gleaming surface during shipment Py) le f y GUN, we oes. we Whis a lpernled iMeronare KAONEg iy Gertifes ny atte t nf PNDER DW Yb BER ae imi i ogldenL that THE ah, th . 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