1.   Chase Brass makes brass rods used in plumbing fixtures, heating and air-conditioning components and industrial valves.

2.   Chase Brass makes brass rods used in plumbing fixtures, heating and air conditioning components and industrial valves.

3.   In order to work, the rods use a purplish pigment called rhodopsin.

4.   The company, which makes steel rods used in construction, has been hurt by speculation that slowing Argentine growth would put the brakes on a construction boom.

5.   The company manufactures steel rods used in construction.

6.   Though a smaller company, Chase is the biggest U.S. producer of the brass rods used to make plumbing and air conditioning fixtures.

7.   Both will produce rolled steel and steel rods using imported steel ingots, the paper said.

8.   Kobe Steel is the biggest Japanese maker of high quality wire rods used in such products, the company says.