WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
Dec. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AK
Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that John F.
Kaloski, Executive Vice President and Operating Officer of
AK Steel, has elected to retire from the company, effective
January 31, 2014. For more than
a decade, John has served AK Steel as a member of the company's
executive leadership team.
"John's exceptional leadership has been a critical element in
the company's dramatic turnaround in previous years, as well as its
ongoing efforts to become more vertically integrated," said
James L. Wainscott, Chairman,
President and CEO of AK Steel. "On behalf of AK Steel's Board
of Directors, our Executive Officers and all of us at the company,
we thank John for his dedicated service to AK Steel and wish him
all the best during his retirement."
Mr. Kaloski has served the steel industry for more than 40
years, having joined AK Steel in October 2002. He is
responsible for the company's steel operations, engineering, raw
materials and energy, manufacturing planning and information
technology, quality assurance, outside processing and purchasing,
and occupational safety and health. Additionally, he is
responsible for AK Steel's interests in iron ore and metallurgical
coal operations. Prior to his AK Steel career, Mr. Kaloski
held several senior management positions for the former National
Steel Corporation and United States Steel Corporation.
In addition to his responsibilities at AK Steel, Mr. Kaloski
serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cincinnati Zoo
and Botanical Garden.
Mr. Kaloski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from
the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA
from Robert Morris College. He
is a veteran of the United States Army and served in Vietnam.
Following his retirement, Mr. Kaloski's responsibilities will be
assumed as follows:
- Kirk W. Reich, Vice
President, Procurement and Supply Chain Management. Mr. Reich
will maintain his existing responsibilities, including merchant
slab procurement, and will assume responsibility for manufacturing
planning, information technology, and the company's metallurgical
coal operations, AK Coal Resources, Inc.
- Keith J. Howell, Vice
President, Operations. In addition to his existing
responsibilities for operations, Mr. Howell will assume
responsibility for occupational safety and health, and quality
assurance.
- Maurice A. ("Mo") Reed, Vice President, Engineering, Raw
Materials and Energy. Mr. Reed will continue his current
responsibilities, and will assume primary responsibility for the
company's interest in Magnetation LLC.
Mr. Reich, Mr. Howell and Mr. Reed will each report directly to
Jim Wainscott effective February 1, 2014.
AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon,
stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive,
infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets. The company employs
about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate
headquarters in West Chester,
Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is available on
the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs
about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.
AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded
(ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other
markets. Additional information about AK Tube LLC is
available on its web site at www.aktube.com.
AK Coal Resources, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AK
Steel, produces metallurgical coal from reserves in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. AK Steel
also owns 49.9% of Magnetation LLC, a joint venture headquartered
in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, which
produces iron ore concentrate from previously mined ore
reserves.
SOURCE AK Steel