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ThyssenKrupp Steel USA Announces New President and CEO
Dec. 14, 2011 ThyssenKrupp Steel USA announced the appointment of Christian Dohr as its President and CEO effective January 1, 2012. Dohr replaces Chris Lackinger, who is leaving to assume other responsibilities within the ThyssenKrupp Group.
“ThyssenKrupp remains unquestionably confident in the success of its new operations in Alabama and its ability to provide industry setting standards in quality and service to our current and future customers,” said Dohr. “I’m fortunate to be inheriting an assembled team of nearly 2000 talented and dedicated people. I’m looking forward to supporting them in our mission of becoming the premier steel producer in the NAFTA market.”
In his new position, Dohr will further focus the Calvert-based company’s sales goals and commitment to customer service and quality.
Dohr an engineer with executive-level management and marketing experience in the steel industry, currently serves as President and CEO of ThyssenKrupp’s TWB Company (TWB), a tailor welded blank manufacturer based in Monroe, Mich. He has worked for ThyssenKrupp for more than 20 years, and has previously served as Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks in Europe, where he set up and supervised plants in Italy, Sweden, Turkey and Mexico.
Dohr holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
ThyssenKrupp is an integrated materials and technology group with currently almost 180,000 employees in more than 80 countries. In the 2009/2010 fiscal year they generated sales of more than €42 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.
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC, was created in 2007 to build and operate a new, technologically advanced carbon steel processing facility in north Mobile County, Ala.