Burns Harbor has eye on needs, goals

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility employees attend a news conference about the new production line for heat-treated products at the facility last spring. The steel mill is Burns Harbor's largest taxpayer.

Plate full of potential

A new 8,200-ton leveler is shown at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. The centerpiece of the company's $60 million investment project to upgrade its 160-inch plate mill operation in Burns Harbor is the new leveler, which is better equipped to reduce stress…

Plate full of potential

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Burning and Heat Treatment Department Manager Fred Leaf walk alongs a hardeneing furnace at the Plate Heat Treat Facility in Burns Harbor on Thursday.

Plate full of potential

An ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility employee walks between finished steel plates at the facility Thursday.

Plate full of potential

A steel plate leaves a hardening furnace and enters a cooling bath at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. The company invested $60 million to upgrade its 160-inch plate mill operation in Burns Harbor.

Plate full of potential

A steel plate is leveled by a new 8200-ton leveler at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday.

Plate full of potential

ArcelorMittal Plate COO John Mengel speaks to employees and the media about the new production line for heat-treated products at the at the Burns Harbor Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. About 50 local business leaders and politicians along with ArcelorMittal executives, employees and custome…

Plate full of potential

Steam rises off a steel plate entering a cooling bath at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. The company invested $60 million to upgrade its 160-inch plate mill operation in Burns Harbor.

Plate full of potential

A steel plate enters a hardening furnace at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. The company invested $60 million to upgrade its 160-inch plate mill operation in Burns Harbor.

Plate full of potential

Steel plates wait to be hardened at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday. Production launched on the new heat treat line in early April and executives believe the upgrades help the company remain competitive in the industry and help the facility remain viable …

Plate full of potential

Treated steel plates are shown at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility on Thursday.

Plate full of potential

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Plate Heat Treat Facility employees watch a steel plate being transported to a hardening furncae during a news conference about the new production line for heat-treated products at the facility on Thursday. The company invested $60 million to upgrade its 160-inch …