ATI offering web access

Allegheny Technologies Inc., parent company of Portland Forge, will provide live Internet access to its conference call with investors and stock analysts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
The conference call will focus on the company’s planned release of its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 financial results.
ATI has conducted similar webcasts of its conference calls with analysts in the past.
The conference call will be broadcast at www.ATImetals.com. To access it, go to the home page and select “Conference Call.” A replay of the call will be available at the website.
ATI, one of the world’s largest and most diversified specialty metal producers, had sales of about $5 billion last year. It employs about 11,300 worldwide.

Bank honored
First Bank of Berne will be honored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce as the Large Business of the Year for 2011.
The award will be presented at the Decatur chamber’s annual dinner on Feb. 2.

Backing FFA
Moser Motor Sales Inc., which has a store in Portland, is joining Ford Motor Company in an ongoing commitment to the National FFA.
Ford has committed to a 15th year of its Built Ford Tough FFA college scholarship program, which awards $1,000 scholarships to FFA members, each of them co-sponsored by local Ford dealers like Moser.
The scholarship program will be available for student at Jay County High School and South Adams High School.
To be eligible, FFA members must submit a scholarship application at www.ffa.org and take the required signature page to Moser Motor Sales in Berne for the dealer endorsement and official dealer code.
Since its inception, the scholarship program has awarded almost $6.5 million to further students’ education.

Wins top honor
Regional John Deere dealer Troxel Equipment, Bluffton, has been named the 2012 Wells County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business of the Year.
Founded in 1960 by Ralph and Elsie Troxel as Troxel Bin and Dryer Sales, the company moved into the farm equipment business in 1987 and has seen steady growth since that time.

Briggs elected
Andrew J. Briggs, president of the Bank of Geneva, has been elected as one of 20 members of the board of directors of the Indiana Bankers Association.
Briggs is one of three directors representing banks in northeast Indiana.[[In-content Ad]]