ThyssenKrupp Steel USA LLC on August 2 announced that it has put into place its senior management team to oversee the carbon steel operations of the company’s $3.7 billion carbon and stainless steel processing facility planned for Calvert, Ala. The team will be led by Robert P. Soulliere, who will serve as president and CEO of the company.
“We’re happy to name Bob as the president and CEO of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA,” said Erich Heine, member of the executive board of ThyssenKrupp Steel, based in Duisburg, Germany. “Throughout his long tenure with ThyssenKrupp, Bob has proven himself as a true leader. His appointment to president and CEO was an easy decision for our board to make.”
For 10 years, Soulliere has played a leading role in several companies within the ThyssenKrupp Group.
Most recently, he served as president and CEO of the ThyssenKrupp Budd Company, an automotive supplier based in Troy, Mich. In 2004, he was named president of ThyssenKrupp Budd’s Body Sector, with responsibility for body stampings and plastics operations.
Soulliere said, “The team and I are excited to take on this challenging opportunity. Our new Alabama facility will position us to maximize our competitiveness in the North American market. In addition to being closer to our customers, we believe that this facility will also serve as a major economic driver in the South.”
Other appointments that were announced today are Thomas Woelker, vice president and chief project officer; Christoph Lackinger, VP of technology; Dr. Markus Boening, chief financial officer and VP; and Kai Mahnke, VP of company processes.
Other management positions, including the VP of sales and marketing and the VP of human resources, will be determined in the near future.
In May, ThyssenKrupp announced that it will build a new state-of-the-art carbon and stainless steel processing facility in Alabama. The facility will process carbon steel and stainless steel for high-value applications by manufacturers in the U.S., and throughout North America.
The new plant complex, which is expected to begin operations in 2010, is considered to be one of the largest private industrial development projects in the United States over the next decade. During construction, the facility is expected to create up to 29,000 jobs. When fully operational, the facility will employ 2,700 people.
The ThyssenKrupp Group, based in Duesseldorf, Germany, is a global technology company which consists of five business segments – Steel, Stainless, Technologies, Elevator and Services. The company has annual sales of approximately €47 billion (US$61 billion) and employs 188,000 employees in over 70 countries worldwide.
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