8-K
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     May 3, 2006   
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-12001   25-1792394
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   15222-5479
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code    (412) 394-2800   
N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).
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Item 8.01 Other Events
The Company now classifies grain-oriented silicon electrical steel and tool steel as high-value products.
The following price and volume information for the Company’s Flat-Rolled Products business segment, which reflects this classification change, is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
                                         
    Quarter Ended        
2005   March 31     June 30     September 30     December 31     Year  
VOLUME:
                                        
Flat-Rolled Products (000’s lbs.)
                                        
High value
     126,816       122,652       123,174       123,226       495,868  
Commodity
     218,758       173,584       131,218       129,310       652,870  
 
                              
Flat-Rolled Products total
     345,574       296,236       254,392       252,536       1,148,738  
 
                                        
AVERAGE PRICES:
                                        
Flat-Rolled Products (per lb.)
                                        
High value
   $ 2.01     $ 2.24     $ 2.18     $ 2.19     $ 2.15  
Commodity
   $ 1.22     $ 1.30     $ 1.27     $ 1.24     $ 1.26  
Flat-Rolled Products combined average
   $ 1.51     $ 1.69     $ 1.71     $ 1.70     $ 1.64  
                                         
    Quarter Ended        
2004   March 31     June 30     September 30     December 31     Year  
VOLUME:
                                        
Flat-Rolled Products (000’s lbs.)
                                        
High value
     120,324       124,162       125,738       138,722       508,946  
Commodity
     129,650       143,354       214,624       178,932       666,560  
 
                              
Flat-Rolled Products total
     249,974       267,516       340,362       317,654       1,175,506  
 
                                        
AVERAGE PRICES:
                                        
Flat-Rolled Products (per lb.)
                                        
High value
   $ 1.55     $ 1.68     $ 1.71     $ 1.75     $ 1.67  
Commodity
   $ 1.09     $ 1.19     $ 1.16     $ 1.25     $ 1.18  
Flat-Rolled Products combined average
   $ 1.31     $ 1.42     $ 1.36     $ 1.47     $ 1.39  

 

 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
           
    ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
 
        
 
        
 
  By:   /s/ Richard J. Harshman
 
       
 
      Richard J. Harshman
Executive Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: May 3, 2006