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Oregon Steel Mills company history timeline

1977

In 1977 Gilmore filed a complaint with the United States Customs Office in Washington, D.C., charging that several Japanese companies were flooding the West Coast market with steel plate priced unfairly low.

1980

In 1980 the high cost of natural gas caused the company to shut down a direct-reduced-iron plant that had been completed only ten years earlier.

1982

In 1982 Thomas Boklund, a construction engineer who had been with the company for about ten years, was promoted to president and chief operating officer.

1983

In September 1983, hourly employees at Gilmore represented by the United Steelworkers of America began a strike that would last almost a year.

1984

In 1984 Gilmore workers voted to decertify the union, after which all Gilmore employees were put on salary.

1987

By 1987 the company was completely rejuvenated and ready to expand.

1988

OSM went public in 1988, and, as a result, dozens of company employees who had participated in the ESOP became millionaires.

1992

In 1992 OSM boosted its Canadian presence by purchasing 60 percent of a pipemaking plant in Camrose, Alberta, from Stelco, Canada's biggest steel maker.

1993

He says he failed to correctly assess the culture of the steel mill's work force when the company bought the then-112-year-old mill in 1993.

1994

As of fiscal 1994, the company had earned a profit every year since then.

In 1994 OSM made moves to become an international player in the steel industry, largely in response to the sluggishness of the United States market.

2018

EVRAZ is one of the top steel producers in the world based on crude steel production of 13 million tonnes in 2018.

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