Lukens Steel Company

Lukens Steel Company

Lukens Steel Company is an American steel manufacturing company founded in 1810 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. [cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,824838,00.html| title=The Lukens Puzzle |date=April 22, 1957|work=Time|accessdate=2008-09-22]

The company acquired General Steel Industries in 1981. [cite news
title = General Steel Pact Approved
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E5D91538F934A25751C1A967948260
work = The New York Times
date = December 17, 1981
accessdate=2008-09-22
] Also in 1981, Lukens established the Brandywine Valley Railroad (AAR reporting mark: BVRY) class III railroad to operate trackage in Coatesville and the neighboring town of Modena.

Lukens Steel Company was acquired by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1997 for $400 million in cash and stock. [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E6D9153FF935A25751C1A961958260|title=COMPANY NEWS; BETHLEHEM STEEL TO BUY LUKENS FOR $400 MILLION|date=December 16, 1997|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-09-22]

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