Kloeckner Metals Announces Resignation of Michael Hoffman
12/17/2013 - Kloeckner Metals, one of the leading metal distributors in North America, announced that Mr. Michael Hoffman, vice chairman, Klockner USA Holding, Inc., will resign from his current position effective 31 December 2013.
Michael Hoffman was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended S.A.C.S. Sea Point and the University of Cape Town. He is a chartered accountant. He began his career in the metals industry in 1983, joining Gulf Steel, a subsidiary of the Macsteel Group, in South Africa. Michael was appointed as vice chairman after the sale and subsequent merger of Macsteel Service Centers USA and Namasco Corporation in 2011. Michael continues to be active with Macsteel Global and their service center operations around the world. He is deputy chairman and a board member of both the Macsteel Global Group and Macsteel Holdings. He is winding down his term as chairman of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) and still sits on the editorial boards of Modern Metals magazine and Forward magazine. In 2011, Mr. Hoffman was recognized as the Metal Center News Executive of the Year.
Kloeckner Metals wishes to thank Mr. Hoffman for his many years of outstanding service and loyalty to the metals service center industry, and especially to Kloeckner Metals Corporation. It wishes Michael, his wife and two children, along with his extended family all the best for the future.
Kloeckner Metals is the North American subsidiary of Klöckner & Co SE. Kloeckner Metals Corporation is the third largest metal distribution company in North America. The core business of Kloeckner Metals is the warehousing, processing and distribution of steel and nonferrous metals. Thousands of customers are supplied from 55 distribution locations by about 2,500 employees. The company had sales of around US$3.5 billion in fiscal year 2012.
Kloeckner Metals wishes to thank Mr. Hoffman for his many years of outstanding service and loyalty to the metals service center industry, and especially to Kloeckner Metals Corporation. It wishes Michael, his wife and two children, along with his extended family all the best for the future.
Kloeckner Metals is the North American subsidiary of Klöckner & Co SE. Kloeckner Metals Corporation is the third largest metal distribution company in North America. The core business of Kloeckner Metals is the warehousing, processing and distribution of steel and nonferrous metals. Thousands of customers are supplied from 55 distribution locations by about 2,500 employees. The company had sales of around US$3.5 billion in fiscal year 2012.
