Northwestern Steel & Wire Co.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $623 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $443 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,500
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: IL
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Rockford
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Sidley Austin
• Date of filing: December 19, 2000
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: IL ND
• Court city of filing: Rockford
• Case number: 00-74075
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: converted
• Date of disposition: July 12, 2002
• Judge at disposition: Manuel Barbosa
• Days from filing to disposition: 570

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years