First Continuous Caster
McLouth Steel was the first plant in North America to cast 100% of its steel by the continuous caster method.
In May 1962, McLouth personnel visited the Dillingen Steel Works in Germany, where continuously cast slabs larger than 100 square inches were first cast. Some sixteen months later McLouth was operating a "straight stick" casting machine.
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