January 1, 2000

Southwest Steel ISO 9002 Certification Renewed.

Stan Brannon

Southwest Steel successfully completed its 'Re-Certification' audit in November of 1999. By doing this, we have extended our ISO-9002 certification another 3 years.

A new certificate has been received, stating our initial certification date of 12-26-96, and the new expiration date of 12-25-2002. We are beginning our fourth year of ISO-9002 certification.