Ipsco Inc. announced that Thomas Filstrup has joined the company as Director of Investor Relations.

Mr. Filstrup brings nearly 20 years of investor relations management experience to the company. He comes to Ipsco from Whirlpool Corp. where he has been Director, Investor Relations since 1988 and helped develop and implement Whirlpool's first Investor Relations program. Mr. Filstrup is active in the Investor Relations community, having just completed a four-year term on the board of directors of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) where he was also Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable.

"We are excited to have Tom joining Ipsco in this important role," said Ipsco Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vicki Avril. "The company is fortunate to attract someone with his professional experience and
stature."

Mr. Filstrup earned a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University, where he earned the designation Distinguished Scholar.

In his new position, Mr. Filstrup will be based at Ipsco's operational headquarters in Lisle, Ill., and will report to Ms. Avril.

Ipsco operates steel mills at three locations and pipe mills at six locations in the United States and Canada. As a low cost North American steel producer, Ipsco has a combined annual steelmaking capacity of 3,500,000 tons. The company's tubular facilities produce a wide range of tubular products including line pipe, oil and gas well casing and tubing, standard pipe and hollow structurals. Steel can also be further processed at Ipsco's five temper leveling and coil processing facilities.