AK Steel, a leading producer of flat-rolled stainless, carbon and electrical steel products, and carbon and stainless tubular products, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, electrical power generation and distribution markets, recently celebrated the grand opening of its new world-class Research and Innovation Center in Middletown, Ohio.
The new Research and Innovation Center expands AK Steel’s capabilities to bring new steel products to the marketplace. These products include new stainless steels that offer superior corrosion resistance for a wide variety of applications; advanced high strength carbon and specialty steels to help automotive customers design lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles that maintain superior strength and safety performance; and electrical steels that will enable the nation’s electricity grid to become more energy-efficient and improve performance in motors for hybrid and electric vehicles.