Specter tours New Castle plant

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — With time off between Senate sessions and “a chance to travel the state,” U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., paid a visit to a steel plant here.

Ellwood Quality Steels, 700 Moravia St., welcomed the senator Thursday afternoon. Specter donned a hard hat and goggles and got a glimpse inside the plant.

The steel made at EQS, which employs 195 people, goes into components for wind generators, landing gear for 747s and crankshafts for locomotives, said Bob Barensfeld, chairman of the board of Ellwood Group Inc., EQS’ parent company.

Specter asked how business was: Was it tough getting credit these days because of the financial crisis?

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