Gibraltar announced that Henning Kornbrekke, the company's President, has been promoted and named President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

In his new position, Kornbrekke will be responsible for all day-to-day activities of the company, and will assume greater involvement in all strategic areas of activity.

Kornbrekke became Gibraltar's President on January 1, 2004, and before that had been President of Gibraltar's Building Products Group since joining the company in January 2002. Prior to joining Gibraltar, he served as Chief Executive Officer of a division of Rexam, PLC, a UK-based worldwide packaging company with annual sales of $4 billion. Before that, he was President and General Manager of the hardware division of The Stanley Works. Over the course of his career, he has worked in the engineering, sales and marketing, and administrative areas at many leading consumer products companies.

"In his first year as our President, Henning helped drive Gibraltar to its best-ever performance, as we are poised to generate the highest sales, earnings, and margins in the company's history in 2004. Even more importantly, Henning helped refine the structure and systems that are necessary to ensure our continued growth and success as we move toward our goals of annual sales of $2 billion and annual net income of $100 million by 2009, or sooner," said Brian J. Lipke, Gibraltar's Chairman and CEO.

Kornbrekke holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Farleigh Dickinson and an MS in business from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Gibraltar Industries is a leading manufacturer, processor, and distributor of metals and other engineered materials for the building products, vehicular, and other industrial markets. The company serves approximately 10,000 customers in a variety of industries in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America, and is approaching $1 billion in annual sales. It has approximately 4000 employees and operates 75 facilities in 26 states, Canada, and Mexico.