Press report, 05-03-2008
Mary Mullins to Oversee Communications, Community Relations for Calvert, AL Facility
MOBILE, ALABAMA [May 3, 2008]
ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC, today announced that it has hired a director of communications to oversee communications and community relations for the stainless steel segment of its new carbon steel and stainless steel facility being developed in Calvert, Alabama. The facility is part of a $3.7 billion processing complex scheduled to begin operations in 2010 and marks the first time in ThyssenKrupp AG history that two segments of the company have come together to develop a manufacturing site.
Effective May 5, Mullins will bring to the company over 24 years of public affairs experience in Washington DC and the Gulf Coast area, most recently as a co-founder and partner in The Bellwether Group, a seven-year-old Mobile, Alabama-based consulting firm specializing in strategic public and environmental affairs. Prior to this, Mary was Senior Vice President of Washington Operations for E. Bruce Harrison Company, a Washington, DC public affairs firm specializing in energy and environment. She then moved to Mobile and started a Division of Environmental Public Affairs for Lewis Communications. Mary will serve the senior management team at ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA.
“We welcome the addition of Mary to the ThyssenKrupp Stainless family,” said Uli Albrecht-Frueh, President of ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC. “Mary and her former firm, The Bellwether Group, have been working with us very closely on this project for over one and one-half years and have provided invaluable assistance to us. We knew Mary could ‘hit the ground running’ on Day One with ThyssenKrupp Stainless, continuing to build relationships as we move through the construction and into the operations phase of our new facility. This is a vital need in keeping with our fast-paced schedule.”
In May 2007, ThyssenKrupp announced that it would build a new state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel processing facility in Alabama. Company executives and national, state and local leaders broke ground in November 2007, and the company announced opportunities for employment earlier this year. 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 facility is considered to be one of the largest private industrial development projects in the United States over the next decade.
Additional information can be found at www.ThyssenKruppNewUSplant.com, the project’s Web site dedicated to sharing information with stakeholders and the general public.
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 €51.7 billion (US$68.7 billion) and employs over 191,000 employees in over 70 countries worldwide.
ThyssenKrupp Stainless is the holding company of the Stainless segment. Based in Duisburg, Germany, it brings together all of ThyssenKrupp’s activities in the areas of stainless steel flat-rolled products, nickel alloys and titanium. Thanks to its innovation potential, the segment has achieved leading market positions worldwide. ThyssenKrupp Stainless has annual sales of €6.4 billion (US$8.3 billion) and 12,200 employees around the globe. Operating companies include German-based ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, Italy’s ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox in Mexico, Shanghai Krupp Stainless in China and ThyssenKrupp VDM, a producer of nickel materials with plants in Germany and the United States. ThyssenKrupp Stainless International is responsible for all stainless sales, distribution and service activities of the Stainless segment where these are not directly allocated to the production companies. The Stainless segment serves global customers in the appliance, electronics, automotive and aerospace industries.
ThyssenKrupp operations can be found in every state in the U.S. There are 70 ThyssenKrupp companies in more than 400 locations accounting for 25,000 employees and more than US$9.7 billion in annual sales. Through its predecessor companies, ThyssenKrupp has been part of the U.S. historical landscape for 170 years, dating back to 1837 when Alfred Krupp, founder of predecessor company Krupp, provided coin minting machine prototypes to the U.S.
Kontakt
ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC
Mary Mullins
Director of Communications
Telefon: +1 251/544-3600
E-Mail: mary.mullins@thyssenkrupp.com