CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Chairman
Emeritus and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor
Corporation (NYSE: NUE) Daniel R. DiMicco was inducted into the
North Carolina Business Hall of Fame on November 17 by the Junior Achievement of Central
Carolinas and the North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce. The event honored the accomplishments of
outstanding business leaders from across the Tar Heel State.
Mr. DiMicco was joined by Mr. Robert J.
Barnhill Jr. of the Barnhill Contracting Company and Mrs.
Susan Cameron of Reynolds American
Inc., each of whom was selected by a panel of business and
community leaders for their significant contributions in building
and defining the North Carolina
business landscape.
John J. Ferriola, Nucor's
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, praised Mr.
DiMicco's career as an example for others to follow.
"Dan's leadership of Nucor was the model which
every company should attempt to match," Ferriola said. "The
growth that Nucor sustained over the dozen years of his leadership
at a time of unprecedented global challenges is remarkable in every
sense of the word. Congratulations, Dan, for this most worthy and
deserved honor."
Mr. DiMicco led Nucor Corporation from September of 2000 through
the end of 2012, during which time the company saw unprecedented
growth. Mr. DiMicco served as Nucor's Chief Executive Officer
longer than anyone since company founder, Ken Iverson. During this time, Nucor completed
over 50 acquisitions for a total investment of $6.5 billion. In addition to the company's record
of profitable growth, Mr. DiMicco proved himself an effective
champion for domestic manufacturing and rules-based, rules-enforced
free trade.
During Mr. DiMicco's tenure, in 2005,
BusinessWeek magazine ranked Nucor the nation's No. 1
Company, based on sales growth and return on investment. In
subsequent years, Nucor made three additional appearances on
the BusinessWeek 50 list. In 2008, Mr. DiMicco
received the Charlotte Business Journal's sixth
annual "Business Person of the Year" award. The Harvard
Business Review included Dan in its 2010 top 100 list of
"The Best Performing CEOs in the World." Additionally, he has been
previously inducted into the IndustryWeek Manufacturing
Hall of Fame.
Ken Iverson, Nucor's
transformative President and Chief Executive Officer from the 1960s
through the mid-1990s, was himself inducted into the North Carolina
Business Hall of Fame in 1997.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel products,
with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel – in bars, beams,
sheet and plate; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders;
steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished
steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating and
expanded metal; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The
David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous
metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes
ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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