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The Citizen, Auburn, New York
Progress 2006
January 30, 2006
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WORKING TO IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE
IN OUR COMMUNITY
Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc., 25 Quarry Road, Auburn, NY 13021
We asked Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc.
a few questions about their business
and this is what they told us:
Q. Tell us about your Products/Ser-
vices.
A. Nucor manufactures carbon steel-
bar products by recycling steel scrap.
Products include merchant bar, rebar
and special bar quality steel which serve
the construction, service center, min-
ing, railroad and automotive markets.
Q. What is unique about your busi-
ness?
A. Nucor is the largest recycler in
the state, recycling over 500,000 tons
of steel scrap each year in making it's steel
products. All of Nucor's steel products
have a minimum recycled content of
98%
Q. Awards/Recognition?
A. Nucor received the New York
State Governor's Recycling Award in
2000, was accepted into US EPA's Envi-
ronmental Performance Track Program
in 2002, won US EPA's Performance
Track Outreach Award in 2003 and
won the Steel Manufacturers Associa-
tion Recycler of the Year Award in
2003. Nucor was accepted into the
Performance Track program for anoth-
er term in 2005
Q. Community Involvement?
A. Nucor is extremely active in the
community through it's participation
in The United Way, The Cayuga Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce, The Coun-
ty Community College, The Board of
Cooperative Educational Services,
numerous athletic organizations and
a host of other civic, charitable and
educational groups.
Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc.
Business Name: Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc.
Address: 25 Quarry Road, Auburn, NY
13021
Phone: 315-253-4561
Fax: 315-258-4245
Owners/Officer: David R. Smith
Number of Employees: 280
Production Started: 1975
Type of business: Steel Making
We asked Plainville Farms a few
questions about their business and this
is what they told us:
Q. Tell us about your Products/Ser-
vices.
A. Plainville Farms offers a full line
of all natural ingredient turkey deli
products as well as antibiotic free fresh
meat items year round
Q. What is unique about your
business?
A. Largest turkey farm in the
Northeast raising over 600,000 turkeys
per year. Turkeys are grown without
the use of antibiotics, without animal
by-products in the feed and in a ani-
mal friendly environment.
Q. Awards / Recognition
A. The New York State Agricultur-
al Society honored Plainville Turkey
Farms with it's Business of The Year
Award at the Annual Agricultural
Forum held in Syracuse in January
Plainville Farms
Business Name: Plainville Farms
Address: 7830 Plainville Rd.,
Plainville, NY 13137
Phone: 315-638-0226
Fax: 315-701-1354
Email: mail@plainvillefarms.com
Web: http://www.plainvillefarms.com
Owners/Officer: President - Mark W. Bitz
Number of Employees: 130
Year started: 1835
Type of business: Food
