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Highlights of 19/2009

Highlights of 19/2009




U. S. Steel For Kosice volunteer event held last weekend

Last weekend, May 15th and 16th, saw the holding of the corporate volunteer event named U. S. Steel For Kosice. More than 400 steel company employees volunteered to help eight organizations with their public-benefit activities. The steelmakers gave blood, contributed to the crisis center collection, helped build a tent camp at the zoo, tidied up the greenery in the geriatric institute grounds, assisted in setting up a children's club-room, smartened up the surroundings of a nursery school for disabled children, tidied up the dog sanctuary area, helped clean up a cycling trail, and painted the fence and gate and the children's climbing-frames and benches in the grounds of the crisis center for mothers with children. This activity by the Company's employees was also appreciated by USSK President George F. Babcoke, who helped in several places together with his wife Kathleen. "In the USA and in Slovakia there are many people who care about others and who help without hesitation. I'm proud that the steelmakers are among them," he said.

Quality management system audit starts

Monday, May 18th, saw the beginning at U. S. Steel Kosice of a four-day audit of the Company's quality management system (QMS). This is the third renewal audit of the QMS in line with ISO/TS 16949:2002, and the first review audit in line with EN ISO 9001:2008. This audit is being carried out by staff from the certification company TÜV NORD Slovakia, s.r.o.

U. S. Steel Kosice company newspaper wins two prizes

Ocel Vychodu, U. S. Steel Kosice's company newspaper, has won two prizes in the sixth edition of the annual Corporate Medium of the Year competition. It won the Corporate Newspaper category, giving it the right to use the title Corporate Medium of the Year 2008 for the next year, and it also won the Hospodarske Noviny Best Content Award. The results of the competition were announced by the organizers, the Corporate Media Club in cooperation with the Euro RSCG advertizing agency, at the Polana Hotel in Brusno last Friday, May 15th.
The competing media were contesting prizes in ten categories: corporate newspaper, corporate magazine for internal communication, corporate magazine for external communication, electronic media and audio-visual presentation, public administration non-profit and state-supported organization periodicals, www and intranet sites, non-profit and state-supported organization printed media, corporate brochure, corporate calendar, and the free forms category. The Corporate Medium of the Year 2008 competition was characterized by the idea that "You are what you communicate". For the media publishers it was an opportunity to test the quality of their internal and external communication instruments in nationwide competition in Slovakia.

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Joint Statement

After Meeting Between Government of Slovakia Representatives And Senior Executives of Nippon Steel Corporation / U. S. Steel Košice, February 9, 2024 at 3pm JST

COMMUNITY PROJECTS BRING A VISIBLE CHANGE

On April 18, 2023, the company U. S. Steel Košice announced the names of organizations and projects that will receive support under its Together for the Region 2023 grant program.

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