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ThyssenKrupp Mourns the Loss of Erich W. Heine, Claus-Peter Hellhammer
06/03/2009 - ThyssenKrupp Steel mourns the loss of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG Executive Board member Erich Walter Heine and ThyssenKrupp Steel employee Claus-Peter Hellhammer, both of whom were aboard the Air France aircraft that crashed over the Atlantic on Monday.
ThyssenKrupp Steel confirms that Erich Walter Heine, member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG and responsible for the major projects in Brazil and the USA, and Claus-Peter Hellhammer, an employee of ThyssenKrupp Steel in Duisburg, lost their lives on Monday when an Air France aircraft crashed over the Atlantic.
“We mourn the loss of our employees and extend our deepest sympathies to their families,” commented the company in its published statement.
Erich Heine began his professional career in 1991 at Iscor Ltd. in South Africa. He later spent a year as Marketing Manager with BHP Billiton (1999) before being appointed General Manager of Iscor’s Newcastle plant. He was appointed General Manager of Iscor’s Vanderbijlpark plant after the company became Mittal Steel South Africa.
“We mourn the loss of our employees and extend our deepest sympathies to their families,” commented the company in its published statement.
Erich Heine began his professional career in 1991 at Iscor Ltd. in South Africa. He later spent a year as Marketing Manager with BHP Billiton (1999) before being appointed General Manager of Iscor’s Newcastle plant. He was appointed General Manager of Iscor’s Vanderbijlpark plant after the company became Mittal Steel South Africa.
Heine joined the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG on February 1, 2006, with responsibility for the company’s Steelmaking business unit. From 2007, he was also responsible for the construction of the two steel plants in Rio de Janeiro and in Alabama, a task the company said he “handled with great success”.
Born in South Africa in 1967, Heine studied engineering and business administration.
“In Erich Heine we are losing an esteemed colleague who did outstanding work for the ThyssenKrupp Group. Our thoughts are with his family at this time of great sadness,” said Dr. Ekkehard Schulz, Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG. Heine leaves a wife and three small children.
Claus-Peter Hellhammer, 28, completed a technical trainee program with ThyssenKrupp Steel and worked at ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico from mid-2007 to early 2009. Most recently he had taken on special duties in the area of health and safety/fire protection in Duisburg. He was returning from a private trip to Brazil.
Claus-Peter Hellhammer, 28, completed a technical trainee program with ThyssenKrupp Steel and worked at ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico from mid-2007 to early 2009. Most recently he had taken on special duties in the area of health and safety/fire protection in Duisburg. He was returning from a private trip to Brazil.
