Evraz North America Announces Executive Vice President
09/15/2011 - Evraz North America announced the appointment of Kimberly Fields, a former General Electric executive, as Executive Vice President for its Flat Products Group.
Evraz North America announced the appointment of Kimberly Fields as Executive Vice President for its Flat Products Group.
In her new position, Fields will oversee the Flat Products Group’s U.S. and Canadian commercial and manufacturing operations. The group produces steel plate and coiled plate used in construction of tanks, vessels, bridges and rail cars as well as the steel feedstock for Evraz pipemaking mills. The Group’s manufacturing facilities are located in Regina, Sask.; Claymont, Del.; Portland, Ore.; and Surrey, B.C.
Fields brings extensive manufacturing leadership experience to her new role, including leadership positions in operations, business development and engineering with Alcoa, Metalspectrum and Owens Corning. Most recently, she served as General Manager, Industrials for General Electric Energy where she was focused on growing GE’s penetration in the metals, petrochemical, and food & beverage segments.
“Kim is an excellent addition to our North American leadership team and we are excited to have someone with her experience and skill set,” said Mike Rehwinkel, President and CEO of Evraz North America. “She shares our commitment to continuous improvement, which – combined with her experience across all aspects of manufacturing – will help us to strengthen our operations and deliver greater value to our customers.”
Fields holds a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She will be located at the company’s headquarters office in Chicago, Ill.
Evraz Inc. NA, a leading North American steel manufacturer, incorporates facilities previously operated by successful steel companies – the former Oregon Steel, the former Claymont Steel and the former IPSCO. In North America, Evraz produces more than 5 million tons annually of flat, long, and tubular steel products for major markets including infrastructure, defense, energy and rail. Its manufacturing facilities are located in Portland, Ore.; Regina, Sask.; Pueblo, Colo.; Claymont, Del.; Calgary, Camrose and Red Deer, Alta; and Surrey, B.C. Evraz in North America, is the largest producer of large diameter pipe, the second-largest producer of steel plate and the largest producer of rail. Evraz Inc. NA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evraz Group S.A., one of the largest vertically integrated steel and mining businesses in the world.
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