April 2, 2007 — The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) has named Douglas A. Kittenbrink of Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) as Chairman. Mr. Kittenbrink succeeds SSINA’s current chairman, Dr. Jack W. Shilling, who will retire from ATI on March 31, 2007.

Carpenter Technology Corp.’s Dr. Sunil Widge will become SSINA's Vice Chairman. Together, Mr. Kittenbrink and Dr. Widge bring more than 50 years of combined specialty metals industry experience to SSINA.

As Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning and International Business Development, Kittenbrink leads ATI's commercial activities in Asia and Europe. Also reporting to him are ATI's joint ventures STAL (Precision Rolled Strip^(R) products) and Uniti Titanium (industrial titanium products). Mr. Kittenbrink also leads the company's relationship with the USW, has involvement with the ATI Business System, and has direct input into ATI's capital projects.

Previously, Kittenbrink served as Executive Vice President of ATI Business System, and Group President of the Engineered Products Segment, and Chief Operating Officer of Allegheny Technologies. He joined Allegheny Technologies in 1992 as Vice President of Engineering for Allegheny Ludlum and has been given increasing levels of responsibility during his career.

Mr. Kittenbrink is a member of the Board of Directors of Uniti Titanium, a joint venture between Allegheny Technologies and VSMPO-AVISMA. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of STAL, a joint venture between Allegheny Technologies and Bao Steel, which manufactures and markets Precision Rolled Strip products. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the former Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, where he served as Chairman of the Project Management Division in 1995. He is a 1977 graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and graduated from the University of Chicago with an MBA in 1982.

Dr. Widge is Carpenter Technology’s Vice President of Business Development and Chief Technology Officer for Specialty Alloys Operations, a position he has held since October 2005. He began his career at Carpenter Technology in 1976 as an Assistant Metallurgist, later leading various departments within Carpenter, including R&D, Technology and Quality, and Forge Bar and Billet business.

He received his BS in Metallurgy from the College of Engineering in Poona, India, and his MS and PhD in Metallurgy and Material Science from Lehigh University. In 1983, Dr. Widge received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Widge has served as Chairman of the American Society for Metals, The Metallurgy Society-High Temp Alloys, and President of the Specialty Materials Processing Consortium. He holds five US patents and is on the MSE Advisory Committee at Lehigh University and on the Board of Trustees at Alvernia College.

Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Allegheny Technologies Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $4.9 billion during 2006. ATI’s products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, grain-oriented silicon electrical steel and tool steels, and forgings and castings.

Based in Wyomissing, Pa., Carpenter Technology Corp. is an international manufacturer and distributor of specialty alloys and engineered products made from metallic and ceramic materials. Founded in 1889, the company produces ultra-high-strength, high-temperature, magnetic, controlled-expansion and other high-performance alloys, as well as stainless, bearing and tool and die steels. In addition, Carpenter manufactures titanium products, loose and consolidated powder metallurgy alloys, and technical, industrial and structural ceramics for use in severe wear and corrosion applications. The company serves the aerospace, automotive, energy, medical and other industries.

Based in Washington, D.C., SSINA is a trade association representing virtually all continental specialty metals producers. Specialty metals are high technology, high value stainless and other specialty alloy products. Member companies include

• AK Steel Corp., Middletown, Ohio
• ATI Allegheny Ludlum Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., and ATI Allvac, Monroe, N.C.
  (both Allegheny Technologies companies)
• Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, Pa.
• Crucible Specialty Metals, Syracuse, N.Y.
• Electralloy, Oil City, Pa.
• Haynes International Inc., Kokomo, Ind.
• Latrobe Steel, Latrobe, Pa.
• North American Stainless, Ghent, Ky.
• Outokumpu Stainless, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill.
• Precision Rolled Products, Inc., Florham Park, N.J.
• Special Metals Corp., Huntington, W.Va.
• ThyssenKrupp Mexinox SA de CV, San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico
• Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, Bridgeville, Pa.
• Valbruna Slater Stainless Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind.
  

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