Universal Stainless Pennsylvania facility back online

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. says operations at its electric arc furnace (EAF) melting facility in its headquarters city of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, have resumed “returned to full operating capacity.” The ramp up follows a hot metal spill that occurred in April.

The spill, says the company, was caused by a breakthrough at the bottom of a furnace shell. No one was injured and there was no environmental impact, says Universal. “All other operations continued to function normally and there were no near-term interruptions to product delivery schedules,” adds the company.

“I am very pleased to report that our melt shop is back up and running,” comments Dennis Oates, board chair, president and CEO of Universal. “Our team accomplished this on schedule, even as they dealt with substantial clean-up and other challenges.”

Adds Oates, “Business conditions remain strong, and our backlog has continued to grow, reaching a new record high on May 31. We have started to catch up the lost melt time and are fully committed to continuing to meet the needs of our customers.”

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc., established in 1994, has four facilities, with two in Pennsylvania and one each in New York and Ohio. The company makes and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steels, including stainless steel, nickel alloys, tool steel and other alloyed steels. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing on its website says its “key raw materials” are “carbon and stainless scrap metal and alloys.”