Main Steel Adds Key Senior Management
12/07/2011 - Joe DeCarlo has joined Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc. as its Vice President of Stainless Marketing, assuming responsibility for product management and promotion as well as driving new business development.
Joe DeCarlo has joined Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc. as its Vice President of Stainless Marketing, assuming responsibility for product management and promotion as well as driving new business development.
DeCarlo has a distinguished 30-plus-year track record in metals distribution including 21 years with Thypin Steel as Stainless Product Manager. When Ryerson purchased Thypin in 1997, DeCarlo was named Director, Stainless Purchasing, responsible for flat-rolled stainless sourcing for the entire company. He has also spent two years each with Gulf & Northern and American Strip.
The past six years, DeCarlo was the Senior Product Manager for Yarde Metals, Reliance Co., where he purchased all stainless sheet and plate. Utilizing his sales and marketing background, he will work with the Main Steel commercial organization to reach the companies objective of becoming the country’s premier nonferrous distribution company.
Keith Medick, CEO of Main Steel, said: “Joe’s breadth of knowledge with key markets, end users, and mill producers further strengthens our world-class management team and will enable Main Steel to continue our rapid growth. We are truly fortunate to have one of the industry’s most respected executives join the Main Steel team.”
Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc., a Shale-Inland company, is a North American steel service center that delivers stainless, aluminum, and carbon steel products as well as finished parts to its customers. As an important link between steel producers and end users, Main Steel provides supply-chain solutions through its network of processing, stamping, and fabricating capabilities nationwide. Headquartered in Chicago, Ill., Shale-Inland is a diversified steel services company.
