1.   And instead of just importing steel, it started processing specialty steels for the auto industry and managing inventory for carmakers, he said.

2.   Armco had decided to get out of the big, but intensely competitive, carbon steel business to concentrate on stainless and other specialty steels.

3.   Fundia said its larger proportion of specialty steel brought it higher average prices for its products.

4.   Makers of tires, specialty steels and other products are settling in the South.

5.   Others worry that American producers cannot provide superstrong or other specialty steels.

6.   Specialty steel is no cash cow.

7.   The company today is what is left of the carbon-steel division of Armco Inc., which now produces stainless and other specialty steels.

8.   For now, she said, Corus aims to focus on making more value-added, specialty steel products and on providing services such as technical consulting.

9.   Latrobe Steel, based in Latrobe, Pa., makes and sells specialty steels.

10.   The company, a maker of bearings, alloy and specialty steels, said weakness in the overall manufacturing sector is depressing its sales.