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October
2008
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AISI
Unveils Public Policy Web Site Re-Design
AISI
has launched a re-design of the public policy section
of its Web site (www.steel.org).
The new design provides relevant information in a more
easily-accessible manner for those Web site visitors
interested in the policy positions of the American steel
industry.
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AISI's
Tom Gibson (R) visits with U.S. House of Representatives
Steel Caucus Vice Chairman Phil English on Capitol
Hill. Gibson has been meeting with a number of policymakers
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Message to AISI Members from AISI President and CEO
Tom Gibson
"With
major financial, energy and climate policy issues before
us and a presidential election right around the corner,
I am pleased to be joining AISI at this critical time."
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Dave
Owens, Milton Ruiz, and Jesse Boyer
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AISI
Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Annual Summer Internship
Program With Unveiling
AISI
joined College for Creative Studies (CCS) students in
celebrating the 20th anniversary of AISI's annual automotive
design internship program during the CCS design students'
unveiling of their "Green Steel" concepts
vehicles in Detroit on September 18, 2008.
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Mark
Nowak, interim President, Steel Framing Alliance. |
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SFA
Welcomes Mark Nowak as Acting President
Following
the September 1, 2008 departure of former president
Larry Williams, the Steel Framing Alliance's (SFA) Board
of Directors named Mark Nowak as interim president while
they continue a formal search for a permanent replacement.
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AISI
Receives Collaborative Research Grants
The
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that
it will invest more than $6 million over three years
in two AISI collaborative research projects aimed at
developing transformational iron and steel processes
and technologies that will reduce steel's energy intensity
and carbon footprint.
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