WEST CHESTER, Ohio — The United Steelworkers Union ratified a three-year contract with AKSteel for about 240 workers at AK Steel's coke plant in Ashland, Ky.

Workers there are represented by USW Local 8-523. The contract will expire Oct. 31, 2011.

The company has a plant in Butler Township.

MONROEVILLE, Allegheny County — Westinghouse Electric signed an agreement Thursday with BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Doosan Babcock to work together to build AP1000 nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom.According to a Westinghouse news release, these agreements are "part of the company's strategy to 'buy where we build'" and are key to obtaining 70 percent to 80 percent of the work and services needed to build the Westinghouse-style plant in Britain.Westinghouse uses a local approach to the supply chain for new power plant construction."This approach is currently being implemented in China, where work is already under way on the first two of a series of four AP1000 plants ordered there," said Westinghouse spokesman Vaughn Gilbert.Another major UK manufacturer, Sheffield Forgemasters, already plays a key role in the global Westinghouse supply chain by making coolant pump casings for the Chinese AP1000 plants.

• Joseph C. Scaletta of Pine Township, Allegheny County, chairman of C.U.E. in Cranberry Township, was re-elected to his 10th term as a member of the St. Barnabas Health System's Board of Trustees in Gibsonia.• Tiffany Bell was hired by First National Bank in Hermitage, Mercer County, as communications manager. F.N.B. has branches in Butler County.

Butler County Chamber of Commerce will host the following events:• 8 a.m. Oct. 14, Conley Resort Inn, 740 Pittsburgh Road, Route 8, Scramble-It-Up Networking breakfast; $20 per member, $30 for non-members; reservations are a must, no walk-ins accepted.• 1 p.m. Nov. 3, Business Showcase 2008 at Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North, 910 Sheraton Drive, Cranberry Township, presented by the Butler County Chamber of Commerce, the Cranberry Area Chamber of Commerce and the Zelienople-Harmony Chamber of Commerce. More than 100 exhibitors will participate. Businesses can still sign up.For information, call the Butler County chamber at 724-283-2222. For the showcase event, also call the Cranberry chamber at 724-776-4949 or the Zelie-Harmony chamber at 724-452-5232.