Homer Labs was regarded as the finest steelmaking research and development facility in terms of caliber of people and equipment in the entire North American steel industry.

We're looking at a consolidation with U.S. Steel as leader, with four or five different steel companies involved.

We know employees value the company match, and it's been a mainstay of our program, but we needed to look at all ways to lower costs.

It has had an impact on us, but we haven't had any layoffs. We have reduced our volumes, prices have fallen and we are pursuing a variety of (trade) actions at the highest levels of the administration.

Most people in both markets had heard about 3G purely through word of mouth or personal research, which would tend to lead to the conclusion that there's a marketing issue behind the reactions we saw in the survey.

You weren't the first to say this, Dr. Weems. Many people had said this long before you started your research.