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Evraz Welcomes Ipsco Canadian Assets with New Name, New Leadership
06/16/2008 - Evraz Group will operate its newly acquired Ipsco Canada assets plus its existing North American facilities—the former Oregon Steel, Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, and Claymont Steel—under the new name Evraz Inc. NA.
Completing its acquisition of Ipsco Inc.'s Canadian assets, Evraz Group SA has announced that both the newly acquired facilities and the company’s existing North American facilities will operate under the name, Evraz Inc. NA.
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"For decades, the world has known us as Ipsco and Oregon Steel and our subsidiaries as Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, Claymont Steel, Columbia Structural Tubing, and OSM Tubular.
“While it takes time getting used to a new name, we feel strongly that our customers, employees, suppliers and the communities in which we operate will soon discover it's business as usual under the Evraz umbrella.
“Under our new name, we will continue to produce the same great products and deliver with the same quality service that our customers know they can expect.”
Jim Declusin,
President and CEO Evraz Inc. NA |
The new name, which takes effect immediately, impacts the North American headquarters in Portland, Ore., plus all other production facilities:
- Steel production facilities in Pueblo Colo., Regina, Sask., and Claymont Del.
- Seamless pipe, rod and rail mills in Colorado
- Plate mills in Claymont, Regina and Portland, Ore.
- Coil processing facility in Surrey, B.C.
- Structural tubing facility in Portland
- Pipe mills in Portland and Regina
- Alberta pipe mills in Red Deer, Calgary and Camrose.
“The addition of the former Ipsco Canadian facilities into the Evraz group enhances our presence in North America to approximately 5 million tons of rolled steel product and the time has come to operate under the Evraz brand name,” said Alexander Frolov, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Evraz Group SA. “As one unified company, focused on value-added steel and tubular products, we believe the best way to do business is with a consistent brand in the market place.”
The newly combined Evraz Inc. NA’s senior management team, reporting to President and CEO Jim Declusin, will include Jim Clarke as Vice President Tubular Operations and Greg Maindonald, Vice President and General Manager of Evraz Regina Steel.
Based in Regina, Clarke will oversee tubular operations in North America, including the Alberta pipe mills in Calgary, Red Deer and Camrose; as well as the Portland pipe mill. With 20 years of experience in operational roles, he brings an extensive depth of knowledge and experience to the management team in this key business unit. Clarke formerly served as Ipsco’s Director of Canadian Tubular Products for Ipsco, and has been with the company since 1981.
In his new position, Maindonald will have overall responsibility for the Regina steelmaking operations, including scrap sourcing, logistic, transportation and procurement. He joined Ipsco in 1974 and has held positions in primary operations, inventory and production planning, sales administration, procurement, transportation and information technology.
Tubular sales will be based in Calgary and Portland. Sales of large-diameter pipe will be headed up by Larry Lawrence, Vice President Tubular Sales, with Dave Coffin and Rodger Kemp. Jim Mitchell, Director Oil Country Tubular Goods, will lead the sales group for medium and small diameter ERW pipe, with John Palazeti. Lawrence has been with the company since 1988, and Mitchell joined the company in 1992.
Additional members of Evraz Inc. NA’s senior management team include Scott Montross, Vice President General Manager, Evraz Oregon Steel (Portland, Ore.); Rob Simon, Vice President General Manager, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel (Pueblo, Colo.); Victor Clark, Vice President General Manager, Evraz Claymont Steel (Claymont, Del.); Robin Gantt, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Portland headquarters); and Jennifer Murray, Vice President Administration and Secretary (Portland headquarters).
In his new position, Montross will be responsible for North American sales of plate, coil and HSS, as well as the plate and coil, heat treating and HSS operations in Portland. He joined the company in 2003 from National Steel. In his new position, Simon will head up both sales and operations, including steelmaking, and production of rod/bar, seamless pipe and rail. He has been with the company since 1992.
In his new position, Clark will be responsible for the Claymont steelmaking and plate mill operations. Formerly with Ipsco, Victor joined Claymont in 2007.
At the Portland headquarters, Gantt will oversee finance, accounting, tax risk, information technology, and related legal matters company wide. She joined the company in 1999 and assumed her current position in 2007. Murrayheads up corporate administration, including public affairs, communications, human resources, labor relations, safety and related legal matters for North America. She has been with the company since 1997.
Evraz Group SA is one of the largest vertically-integrated steel and mining businesses in the world.
