confirms that it remains comfortable with analyst’s expectations for the third and fourth quarters. First Call reports a consensus estimate of $0.40 per share for third quarter earnings and a consensus estimate of $0.31 per share for fourth quarter earnings. The company expects to announce its third quarter earnings on October 26.

Atlas Steel Products Co.(Twinsburg,

OH) announces that its plant expansion is complete and its new Red Bud multi-cut blanking line is operational. Atlas, a steel service center processing heat- and corrosion-resistant metals including aluminized and stainless steels, began the 55,000-sq-ft warehouse and manufacturing expansion in March and completed the project two weeks ahead of schedule in July.

Publication date: 09/11/2000