ThyssenKrupp Steel USA Announces New Communications Director for Calvert Facility
05/06/2008 - ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA announces the appointment of Mary Mullins as Director of Communications, covering the stainless steel segment of the company’s new carbon steel and stainless steel facility in Calvert, Ala.
ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC, announced the appointment of Mary Mullins as Director of Communications, covering the stainless steel segment of the company’s new carbon steel and stainless steel facility in Calvert, Ala. The facility is part of a $3.7 billion processing complex that is the first manufacturing site to be built cooperatively by two of ThyssenKrupp AG’s segments.
In her new position, Mullins will oversee communications and community relations for the stainless steel portion of the Calvert facility. She brings over 24 years of public affairs experience in Washington D.C., and the Gulf Coast area to her new position, most recently serving as a co-founder and partner in The Bellwether Group, a seven-year-old Mobile, Ala., based consulting firm specializing in strategic public and environmental affairs. She previously served as Senior Vice President of Washington Operations for E. Bruce Harrison Co., a Washington, D.C., public affairs firm specializing in energy and environment. In Mobile, Ala., Mullins started a Division of Environmental Public Affairs for Lewis Communications.
“We welcome the addition of Mary to the ThyssenKrupp Stainless family,” said Uli Albrecht- Frueh, President of ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC. “Mary and her former firm, The Bellwether Group, have been working with us very closely on this project for over one and one-half years and have provided invaluable assistance to us. We knew Mary could ‘hit the ground running’ on Day One with ThyssenKrupp Stainless, continuing to build relationships as we move through the construction and into the operations phase of our new facility. This is a vital need in keeping with our fast-paced schedule.”
In May 2007, ThyssenKrupp announced that it would build a new state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel processing facility in Alabama. Company executives and national, state and local leaders broke ground in November 2007, and the company announced opportunities for employment earlier this year. The facility will process carbon steel and stainless steel for high-value applications throughout North America.
The new facility is considered to be one of the largest private industrial development projects in the United States over the next decade. It is scheduled to begin operations in 2010.
Dusseldorf, Germany, based ThyssenKrupp Group is a global technology company that consists of five business segments: Steel, Stainless, Technologies, Elevator, and Services. The company has annual sales of approximately €51.7 billion (US$68.7 billion) and employs over 191,000 employees in over 70 countries worldwide.
Duisburg, Germany, based ThyssenKrupp Stainless is the holding company of the Stainless segment, covering all of ThyssenKrupp’s activities in the areas of stainless steel flat-rolled products, nickel alloys, and titanium. Operating companies include German-based ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, Italy’s ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox in Mexico, Shanghai Krupp Stainless in China, and ThyssenKrupp VDM, a producer of nickel materials with plants in Germany and the United States.
ThyssenKrupp Stainless International is responsible for all stainless sales, distribution and service activities of the Stainless segment where these are not directly allocated to the production companies. The Stainless segment serves global customers in the appliance, electronics, automotive and aerospace industries.
ThyssenKrupp operations can be found in every state in the U.S. There are 70 ThyssenKrupp companies in more than 400 locations accounting for 25,000 employees and more than US$9.7 billion in annual sales. Through its predecessor companies, ThyssenKrupp has been part of the U.S. historical landscape for 170 years, dating back to 1837 when Alfred Krupp, founder of predecessor company Krupp, provided coin minting machine prototypes to the U.S.
