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ThyssenKrupp Steel USA Passes Hiring Milestone
Jul. 8, 2010 ThyssenKrupp Steel USA has hired over 1000 new Team Members as of the end of June 2010, passing a major project milestone as the company moves closer to the start of initial operations in July.
Through its partnership with Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT), the company has screened thousands of applications and held numerous job fairs in counties throughout south Alabama to reach its hiring goals. When fully operational, the carbon steel segment is expected to employ approximately 1700 people in a wide range of operations and administrative positions.
“In the last three years we’ve watched our Team grow from 1 person to just over 1000 talented Team Members,” said Andy Ritter, Vice President of Human Resources for ThyssenKrupp Steel USA. “This is important to us and also important to Alabama, and particularly Mobile, because over 1000 additional well-paying operational jobs have been added to the area with many more to follow in the coming months.”
“The hiring process can be challenging for any company, especially with a project as big and as complex as ours,” added Ritter. “But we’ve been impressed with the work ethic, enthusiasm, and skill level of our applicants and are proud to be hiring so many during tough economic times that have reduced jobs in Alabama and the entire nation.”
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA broke ground on its state-of-the-art carbon steel processing facility in Calvert, Ala., in November 2007. When fully operational, the facility will provide the NAFTA market with 4 million tonnes of high-quality value-added carbon steel products for customers in the automotive, construction, pipe and tube, service center, and appliance industries.
ThyssenKrupp is an integrated materials and technology group with almost 188,000 employees in more than 80 countries developing ideas and innovations to offer solutions for sustainable progress. In the 2008/2009 fiscal year they generated sales of more than €40 billion. Eight business areas focus the Group’s activities and know-how in the strategic competency areas of Materials and Technologies. In addition to manufacturing materials and plants, the Group also provides complete system solutions and innovative services. We are continuously optimizing our portfolio to sustainably increase the earning power and the value of the Company.
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC, was created in 2007 to build and operate a new, technologically advanced carbon steel processing facility in north Mobile County, Alabama. The $4.6 billion project is a cooperative effort with ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA who is constructing a neighboring stainless steel meltshop and processing facility, creating a unique production partnership that allows for cost-sharing in areas such as infrastructure, logistics and some processing.
ThyssenKrupp USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries account for approximately 17,000 employees and annual sales of USD$6.5 billion in fiscal year 2008/2009. Through its predecessor companies, ThyssenKrupp has been part of the U.S. historical landscape for over 170 years, dating back to 1837 when Alfred Krupp, founder of predecessor company Krupp, provided coin minting machine prototypes to the U.S.