Republic Steel is doubling its workforce. It will be adding 1000 new jobs because of President Donald J. Trump, said its CEO & President, Jaime Vigil, on Thursday. Today, Republic has 850 employees. Vigil is pictured above.

It is anticipated Republic Steel will start hiring next month.

"Republic is more than prepared to support market demand that has been previously supplied by imports" said Jaime Vigil, President & CEO. "We maintained our Lorain (Ohio) facility while it's been idled waiting for the opportunity to restart and it appears that time is finally here."

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