<p> News Release</p><p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DSC1404 Contacts: Client: Agency: James Brackman Jeffry Caudill Vice President Marketing President Diehl Steel Company Gingerquill, Inc. (513) 242-8900 (513) 448-1140 [email protected] [email protected]</p><p>See us at the following trade shows: AMTS – October 22-23, 2014, Dayton, OH, Booth #610 FABTECH – November 11-13, 2014, Atlanta, GA, Booth #B1351</p><p>Diehl Steel Takes Home Trophy at Tri-State Family and Private Business of the Year Awards</p><p>CINCINNATI, OH (September 24, 2014) – Diehl Steel collected the runner up trophy at the Tri- State Family and Private Business of the Year Awards for privately held companies who have been in business 50 years or more. The event was held August 26, 2014 at Cincinnati, Ohio’s Music Hall. Diehl Steel has been supplying tool steel, alloy steel, CPM® powder metal, mold steel, carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum products and services since 1926. </p><p>To honor the enormous positive contributions made by family and privately owned companies, both large and small, the University of Cincinnati and the Goering Center for Family & Private Business each year presents the annual Tri-State Family and Private Business of the Year Awards. Over 500 applicants were judged by an independent panel of judges on several of the 10 best practices of family and private businesses as defined by the Goering Center. Seventy-five companies were selected as finalists out of all the applicants. </p><p>About Diehl Steel Diehl Steel is an international supplier of quality tool steel, alloy steel, CPM® powder metal, mold steel, carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum products and services. The company offers standard and custom cut and machined sizes of flats, bars, squares, sheets, plates, drill rod, hollowbar and rounds. With its unique Accu-Square process, the company can square metal block to toolmaker tolerances. Diehl Steel focuses on serving the rapid turn-around needs of the tool and die, mold shop, machine shop, and O.E.M. industries, typically shipping in-stock items in 24 to 48 hours.</p><p>### Diehl Steel Company 800 Ross Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45217 www.DiehlSteel.com Phone: (513) 242-8900 Fax: (513) 242-8988</p>