In April of 2009 Roll Coater officials announced the company planned to idle
its Hawesville facility. At that time, officials estimated the closure to
last approximately six months. This time frame elapsed several months ago,
and the plant continues to remain on idle status. It appears the company
plans to reopen the facility in the near future.

"What we understand is they are in the process of getting this plant
operational again," Chuck Whobrey, president of Teamsters' Local 215, said.
"We do not have a firm date."

Whobrey said around the first of the year, Roll Coater officials contacted
several employees, he does not know the exact number, but said less than 10,
and asked them to come back to work. Their job is to bring the plant back
online and prepare the lines for production.

Prior to calling employees back, Roll Coaters and Teamsters' Local 215
renegiotated the contract between Roll Coater and the union. The
negiotations occurred in the fall, and employees took a pay cut and made
other concessions. One employee said he took a pay cut of approximately
$1.50 per hour.

"We took some concessions," Whobrey said. "We immediately started gaining
some of them back."

He said the biggest change concerned guaranteed employment. Whobrey said the
old contract contained a clause stipulating the company guarantee a minimum
employemnt level. Whobrey said provisions such as this often create sticking
points between unions and companies. The union agreed to remove this
provision, which helped save the facility Whobrey said.

The Clarion contacted Roll Coater for an update on the status of the
Hawesville plant, but received no comment by press time. The Clarion plans
to print the company's response when it receives one.

Background

The Roll Coater plant started out as WorldSource. In 1988, the newly created
Hancock County Industrial Foundation convinced WorldSource officials to
locate their new facility in the county.

Official ground-breaking ceremonies occurred on November 11, 1988.

Construction took approximately 18 months, with the first test run of
product occurring in July of 1990. Full production started around one month
later.

The plant sits on an 80-acre tract of land off River Road west of
Hawesville. It makes coated steel products for the home appliance industry,
and possesses 260,000 tons of capacity.

In January of 1999 Roll Coater acquired the plant. Several years ago, Willis
Stein and Partners, a Chicago-based investment firm, acquired the company.