Neenah Foundry names Ostendorf its president/CEO

Neenah Foundry Company and its parent, ACP Holding Company, announced June 5 that Robert E. Ostendorf Jr. will be joining the company and has been elected its president and chief executive officer. Ostendorf has also been elected to the company's board of directors. He is expected to commence employment with the company no later than July 2.

Ostendorf is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and of Troy State University with a Masters Degree in business administration. He has extensive operating experience in various senior management positions, with his most recent tenure at Amcan Consolidated Technologies Corporation, a cast component supplier to the automotive industry. Before his association with Amcan, he spent a number of years with Morgan Corporation, a supplier of specialty truck bodies.

Neenah Foundry Company manufactures and markets a wide range of iron castings and steel forgings for the heavy municipal market and selected segments of the industrial markets. Neenah is one of the largest independent foundry companies in the United States, with substantial market share in the municipal and various industrial markets for gray and ductile iron castings and forged steel products.