Universal Stainless Names Sales and Marketing VP
01/21/2004 -
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Sales and Marketing VP
Jan. 21, 2004 — Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. announced that Dudley J. Merchant, 48, has been named to the newly created position of Vice President—Sales and Marketing.
Mr. Merchant has more than 25 years of steel industry experience, with a background in manufacturing as well as extensive sales and marketing expertise in the specialty steel segment. He most recently served as General Manager—Sales and Marketing for Theis Precision Steel, a domestic re-roller of stainless and specialty alloy strip products and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Theis Stahlwerke Group of Germany. Mr. Merchant also has held management positions with Allegheny Ludlum Steel and Industrial Steel and Wire Co.
President and CEO Mac McAninch commented, "Dudley Merchant is an important addition to the Universal Stainless management team. He knows the specialty steel industry from the inside and has experience and expertise that complements our current business focus and will enable us to pursue new opportunities. As this Company enters its second decade, we see abundant potential both in the U.S. and increasingly in the international marketplace. Dudley will play the key role in helping us achieve our sales and marketing objectives."
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., headquartered in Bridgeville, Pa., manufactures and markets a broad line of semi-finished and finished specialty steels, including stainless steel, tool steel and certain other alloyed steels. The Company's products are sold to original equipment manufacturers, service centers, forgers, rerollers and wire redrawers.