Heidtman Steel was formed in 1954 by Fredrick William Heidtman. The small, family-owned operation offered only leveling and shearing services when it was incorporated in 1962.
Over the next few decades the Ohio-based company gradually expanded its capabilities, investing in equipment and acquiring or building additional service center facilities in the nation’s leading industrial centers.
Steel slitting equipment came first, in 1971. In the mid ‘70s, the automotive industry began seeking ways to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency. Heidtman responded by pioneering the marketing of high strength low alloy sheet steels in the service center industry. Its sophisticated equipment, application expertise, and an ability to supply the most difficult high strength steel applications helped set Heidtman apart from the rest of the service center industry.
In 1979, the company completed a major expansion as a flat rolled steel service center by constructing its first continuous hydrochloric pickling facility in Erie, Michigan. Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, Heidtman dramatically expanded the size and scope of its operations. Today the company operates facilities within Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio, serving 100's of customers across a variety of industries from automotive, truck and bus manufacturers to furniture, appliances and HVAC to other steel service centers.
Over the next few decades the Ohio-based company gradually expanded its capabilities, investing in equipment and acquiring or building additional service center facilities in the nation’s leading industrial centers.
Steel slitting equipment came first, in 1971. In the mid ‘70s, the automotive industry began seeking ways to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency. Heidtman responded by pioneering the marketing of high strength low alloy sheet steels in the service center industry. Its sophisticated equipment, application expertise, and an ability to supply the most difficult high strength steel applications helped set Heidtman apart from the rest of the service center industry.
In 1979, the company completed a major expansion as a flat rolled steel service center by constructing its first continuous hydrochloric pickling facility in Erie, Michigan. Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, Heidtman dramatically expanded the size and scope of its operations. Today the company operates facilities within Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio, serving 100's of customers across a variety of industries from automotive, truck and bus manufacturers to furniture, appliances and HVAC to other steel service centers.
The Design Corporation Limited is a central London-based creative agency delivering design, branding and digital communication services.
History
Fashion
The Design Corporation was formed by Nigel Pearce and Dan Parker in 1993. Clients included Next, Topshop, Arcadia Group, Sears plc, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Levi's. Whilst working with Levi's, The Design Corporation were one of the early companies to use the very young Kate Moss for a 'Levis for Girls' campaign shot by Corinne Day.
Music
The Design Corporation were approached by record companies to design album sleeves. Artists and albums included Greatest Hits - Rediscovered, Ray Davies ' (UK 12), Craig David All Alone Tonight and The Rolling Stones Stripped (UK 9; US 9). Their artwork on Stripped allowed them to work with Anton Corbijn, using his photography. The Design Corporation have designed TV advertised compilations for Now Music, Ministry of Sound, Universal Music TV, Sony Music and All Around the World Productions.
History
Fashion
The Design Corporation was formed by Nigel Pearce and Dan Parker in 1993. Clients included Next, Topshop, Arcadia Group, Sears plc, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Levi's. Whilst working with Levi's, The Design Corporation were one of the early companies to use the very young Kate Moss for a 'Levis for Girls' campaign shot by Corinne Day.
Music
The Design Corporation were approached by record companies to design album sleeves. Artists and albums included Greatest Hits - Rediscovered, Ray Davies ' (UK 12), Craig David All Alone Tonight and The Rolling Stones Stripped (UK 9; US 9). Their artwork on Stripped allowed them to work with Anton Corbijn, using his photography. The Design Corporation have designed TV advertised compilations for Now Music, Ministry of Sound, Universal Music TV, Sony Music and All Around the World Productions.
Kash Hovey is an American actor, producer and writer based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his role as Jack in the 2014 feature film “Jack and Cocaine” Neal in “Edge of Incursion” Jack in “Another Blackout” and Adam in the upcoming feature film “Undateable John.”
Early life
Hovey was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Kash began showing interest in performing at an early age. Along with his friends, which included Ashley Bell Musician/Songwriter Michael Shuman and DJ/Record Producer Dillon Francis, he produced and starred in several short films by the time he was 14. He studied acting in school and began going on auditions. At age 17 he appeared in 2 commercials directed by Joe Pytka. Kash Studied at Ivanna Chubbuck Studio and made appearances in Rebound, Unusual Suspects and the music video John Fogerty: Mystic Highway (2013) with singer John Fogerty.
Career
In 2014 Hovey starred in the lead role of Jack in the feature film “Jack and Cocaine” with Jenna Stone, Christa Collins
and Flakiss. He played the role of Neal in “Edge of Incursion” that premiered at the 2016 Indie Night Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. He played the role of Jack in “Another Blackout” co-starring Katherine Bailess from the VH1 series “Hit the Floor.” Kash plays the role of Adam in the upcoming feature film “Undateable John" starring Estella Warren, Shannen Doherty, Daryl Hannah, Tom Arnold and Joan Jett.
Early life
Hovey was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Kash began showing interest in performing at an early age. Along with his friends, which included Ashley Bell Musician/Songwriter Michael Shuman and DJ/Record Producer Dillon Francis, he produced and starred in several short films by the time he was 14. He studied acting in school and began going on auditions. At age 17 he appeared in 2 commercials directed by Joe Pytka. Kash Studied at Ivanna Chubbuck Studio and made appearances in Rebound, Unusual Suspects and the music video John Fogerty: Mystic Highway (2013) with singer John Fogerty.
Career
In 2014 Hovey starred in the lead role of Jack in the feature film “Jack and Cocaine” with Jenna Stone, Christa Collins
and Flakiss. He played the role of Neal in “Edge of Incursion” that premiered at the 2016 Indie Night Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. He played the role of Jack in “Another Blackout” co-starring Katherine Bailess from the VH1 series “Hit the Floor.” Kash plays the role of Adam in the upcoming feature film “Undateable John" starring Estella Warren, Shannen Doherty, Daryl Hannah, Tom Arnold and Joan Jett.
The American corporate media lobby which has included (among others) the National Association of Broadcasters (founded in 1922) and the American Newspaper Publishers Association (founded in 1887, now a part of Newspaper Association of America) has been involved in the shaping of media ownership regulations since the early days of the industry. In that time, they have repeatedly sought out their own interests, in many cases at the expense of the public interest. Among the strategies employed by the American corporate media lobby is direct lobbying, which refers to attempts to influence a legislative body through direct communication with a member or employee of a legislative body, or with a government official who participates in formulating U.S.legislation. Other methods include fundraising, coalition building, and in some instances, grassroots lobbying.
The contemporary corporate media lobby
Throughout most of its history, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been a relatively invisible part of the U.S. government, known mostly to industry stakeholders, lobbyists, and officials. With the general public in the dark regarding its practices and responsibilities - which of course has included the construction of regulatory policies that have shaped the U.S. media industry - this has given a tremendous advantage to those knowledgeable of the FCC’s practices and organized enough to influence them. As Chester notes, he FCC has long been the second home to a legion of (lawyers and lobbyists) whose occupation is convincing the staff and commissioners to approve policies that benefit a particular company or industry.
Having been a part of the regulatory structure for so many years, it is safe to assume that the corporate media lobby is known well by Federal regulators (“the lobby” of course consists of a variety of organizations). The strong, direct relationships that have developed over the years between regulators and corporate media lobbyists - which Zorack notes as essential to greater influence - go much deeper than the notion that the lobby has simply been around for a while. Members of the FCC have traditionally had strong connections to industry.<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> As the job of an FCC Commissioner (or staffer) is often highly technical, and specific knowledge of the dynamics of the telecommunications and media industries a must, it makes sense that Commissioners are often plucked out of high-paying jobs in the industry. More to the point, as history has shown, because FCC Commissioners are appointed only to five-year terms, there is evidence of a revolving door between the Commission and industry; as Chester notes, “hey usually go directly to work for the media or telecommunications businesses after they leave office.” (Ibid, p. 49)<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Of course, the jobs Commissioners often take after their terms expire are not fixing radio transmitters or editing newspaper copy, many of them become influential lobbyists. Indeed, many of the lobbyists that frequent the FCC’s office are former commission staff, “not infrequently including ex-commissioners and ex-chairs.” (Chester, 2007, p. 47)<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> In fact,
::very former (FCC) chair for the last three decades has gone to work in one way or another with the media and telecommunications industry. … As one aide to an FCC commissioner privately remarked, ‘People leave here on Friday and are lobbying me the following Monday! (Chester, 2007, p. 50)<ref name="Digital Destiny" />
Notable examples go back almost fifty years, such as former FCC Chair Newton Minow who after leaving the Commission became a partner at Sidley and Austin, one of the country’s most successful media industry law firms. In more recent years, he has served on the boards of media companies such as CBS and Tribune and advertising companies including Foote, Cone & Belding. E. William Henry, Chair from 1963 through 1966 and Dean Burch (1969-1974) also became industry lawyers after leaving the FCC. Burch in particular is notable because after many years, he left his practice to run Intelsat - an organization that manages global communications satellites.<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Most notable among the many is former Chair Richard Wiley (1974-1977), still described today as the FCC’s “sixth commissioner” (Ibid, p. 53).<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> His law firm Wiley Rein & Fielding, aside from being perhaps the largest communications law firm in the U.S., has represented both industry advocacy groups (including the NAA and the NAB) as well as numerous media conglomerates including Time Warner, Gannett, Clear Channel, CBS, Verizon, Microsoft and General Electric (Ibid, p. 53).<ref name="Digital Destiny" />
In recent years especially, Wiley has become extremely influential and has “supplied more lawyers to the important telecommunications posts in the Bush administration than any other firm.”<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Former Wiley associates were also appointed to important posts in the Bush White House as well as various cabinet positions (Ibid, p. 54).<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> It goes on and on, former Wiley associates have also been advisors to some of the country’s most powerful Senators including Bill Frist (R-TN). Even former FCC Chair Kevin Martin worked for Wiley at one point. After some consideration, perhaps these relationship aren’t so surprising; politicians (and businesses) want the most knowledgeable, well-connected individuals working for them, which keeps the pool of potential hires quite small. Indeed, to suggest that Zorack’s<ref name="Zorack" /> most influential lobbying strategy - access - is an advantage of the corporate media lobby, certainly would be a tremendous understatement.
The contemporary corporate media lobby
Throughout most of its history, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been a relatively invisible part of the U.S. government, known mostly to industry stakeholders, lobbyists, and officials. With the general public in the dark regarding its practices and responsibilities - which of course has included the construction of regulatory policies that have shaped the U.S. media industry - this has given a tremendous advantage to those knowledgeable of the FCC’s practices and organized enough to influence them. As Chester notes, he FCC has long been the second home to a legion of (lawyers and lobbyists) whose occupation is convincing the staff and commissioners to approve policies that benefit a particular company or industry.
Having been a part of the regulatory structure for so many years, it is safe to assume that the corporate media lobby is known well by Federal regulators (“the lobby” of course consists of a variety of organizations). The strong, direct relationships that have developed over the years between regulators and corporate media lobbyists - which Zorack notes as essential to greater influence - go much deeper than the notion that the lobby has simply been around for a while. Members of the FCC have traditionally had strong connections to industry.<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> As the job of an FCC Commissioner (or staffer) is often highly technical, and specific knowledge of the dynamics of the telecommunications and media industries a must, it makes sense that Commissioners are often plucked out of high-paying jobs in the industry. More to the point, as history has shown, because FCC Commissioners are appointed only to five-year terms, there is evidence of a revolving door between the Commission and industry; as Chester notes, “hey usually go directly to work for the media or telecommunications businesses after they leave office.” (Ibid, p. 49)<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Of course, the jobs Commissioners often take after their terms expire are not fixing radio transmitters or editing newspaper copy, many of them become influential lobbyists. Indeed, many of the lobbyists that frequent the FCC’s office are former commission staff, “not infrequently including ex-commissioners and ex-chairs.” (Chester, 2007, p. 47)<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> In fact,
::very former (FCC) chair for the last three decades has gone to work in one way or another with the media and telecommunications industry. … As one aide to an FCC commissioner privately remarked, ‘People leave here on Friday and are lobbying me the following Monday! (Chester, 2007, p. 50)<ref name="Digital Destiny" />
Notable examples go back almost fifty years, such as former FCC Chair Newton Minow who after leaving the Commission became a partner at Sidley and Austin, one of the country’s most successful media industry law firms. In more recent years, he has served on the boards of media companies such as CBS and Tribune and advertising companies including Foote, Cone & Belding. E. William Henry, Chair from 1963 through 1966 and Dean Burch (1969-1974) also became industry lawyers after leaving the FCC. Burch in particular is notable because after many years, he left his practice to run Intelsat - an organization that manages global communications satellites.<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Most notable among the many is former Chair Richard Wiley (1974-1977), still described today as the FCC’s “sixth commissioner” (Ibid, p. 53).<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> His law firm Wiley Rein & Fielding, aside from being perhaps the largest communications law firm in the U.S., has represented both industry advocacy groups (including the NAA and the NAB) as well as numerous media conglomerates including Time Warner, Gannett, Clear Channel, CBS, Verizon, Microsoft and General Electric (Ibid, p. 53).<ref name="Digital Destiny" />
In recent years especially, Wiley has become extremely influential and has “supplied more lawyers to the important telecommunications posts in the Bush administration than any other firm.”<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> Former Wiley associates were also appointed to important posts in the Bush White House as well as various cabinet positions (Ibid, p. 54).<ref name="Digital Destiny" /> It goes on and on, former Wiley associates have also been advisors to some of the country’s most powerful Senators including Bill Frist (R-TN). Even former FCC Chair Kevin Martin worked for Wiley at one point. After some consideration, perhaps these relationship aren’t so surprising; politicians (and businesses) want the most knowledgeable, well-connected individuals working for them, which keeps the pool of potential hires quite small. Indeed, to suggest that Zorack’s<ref name="Zorack" /> most influential lobbying strategy - access - is an advantage of the corporate media lobby, certainly would be a tremendous understatement.