$52,100,000 Capital Improvements
Increase Shipping Capacity to 550,000 tons

Gerdau MACSTEEL-MI New MACPLUS Line Add four rolling mill stand Kocks precision size mill New Cooling beds Circo-Flux Testing Heat Treatment upgrade

Gerdau MACSTEEL - AR Extensive rolling mill upgrade Kocks precision size mill Electro-magnetic stirring Cooling bed upgrade Circo-Flux Testing New Heat Treatment Bldg.

MAC-AR increased capacity from 305,000 tpy to 340,000 tpy MAC-MI increased capacity from 180,000 tpy to 210,000 tpy Phase II achieved its objective of allowing us to make Precision Hot Rolled Engineered Steel Bars to less than half standard tolerance. We are running within quarter standard tolerance on our MACGOLD product. $39M was spent at MAC-AR and $13M was spent at MAC-MI on this product upgrade. Bar surface inspection "Foerster Circoflux" testing equipment was added to our inspection lines to provide world-class capability to certify the quality of our bars to the smallest flaw size.

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