LEIPSIC, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- PRO-TEC
Coating Company, a 50/50 joint venture between United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X) and Kobe
Steel, Ltd., of Japan,
announced today that Richard E.
Veitch has been named the president of PRO-TEC Coating
Company. This change is effective January
18, 2016. Veitch succeeds Brent
Rosebrook, vice president of finance and administration, who
had been serving as acting president since Bryan Vaughn's retirement in June 2015.
Veitch most recently served as general manager of
U. S. Steel Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill. PRO-TEC is a provider of
world-class coated flat-rolled steel primarily to the
quality-critical automotive industry.
Veitch began his career at U. S. Steel in 1981 as a co-op
student employee in the hot strip mill at Gary Works in
Gary, Ind. After completing his
undergraduate degree in 1985, he joined the company full time,
serving as a turn foreman in Gary
Works' cold rolling mill. Veitch progressed through
managerial positions in several areas of the facility's finishing
operations before joining National Steel in 1996.
Following U. S. Steel's acquisition of National Steel in 2003,
Veitch was named division manager of sheet products for the Midwest
Plant, National's finishing facility in Portage, Ind. Later that year, he was named
plant manager of Mon Valley Works' Irvin
Plant, where he was responsible for all rolling and
finishing operations at the suburban Pittsburgh facility as well as the galvanizing
line at Mon Valley Works' Fairless
Plant near Philadelphia.
In 2006, Veitch advanced to vice president – operations at U. S.
Steel Kosice and oversaw all day-to-day activities at the company's
facilities in the Slovak Republic. He was appointed vice president
and general director – U. S. Steel Serbia, d.o.o., the
company's Serbian subsidiary with operations, in 2007 and was
responsible for all aspects of U. S. Steel's three Serbian
operations in Smederevo, Sabac and Kucevo.
In March of 2009, Veitch was named general manager at the
Granite City plant. While at the
St. Louis-area plant, he oversaw
the company's operations. The plant has an annual raw steelmaking
capability of 2.9 million net tons.
A native of New Kensington,
Pa., Veitch attended Purdue
University – Lafayette
(Ind.) for both his undergraduate and graduate studies, earning his
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1985 and his
master's degree in management in 1992.
Veitch and his wife, Kathy, will relocate to northwest
Ohio.
About PRO-TEC Coating Company
PRO-TEC Coating
Company, Leipsic, Ohio, 2007
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner, is an innovative
leader in technologically advanced steel in coil form primarily to
the quality-critical automotive market. The product helps to
improve vehicle crashworthiness as well as fuel economy through
weight reduction. PRO-TEC is a 50/50 joint venture partnership of
U. S. Steel Corporation and KOBE Steel, Ltd., of Japan. The company is privately held.
PRO-TEC's organizational culture blends the strong American
steel-making tradition of U. S. Steel and KOBE's technical and
analytical Japanese style with the strong work ethic and family
values of rural northwest Ohio to
produce a superior product.
Contact:
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Shannon
Shartell
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Nick
Paulenich
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PRO-TEC Coating
Company
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R/P Marketing Public
Relations
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419-943-1100
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419-241-2221
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Email:
SharteSS@proteccoating.com
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Email:
npaulenich@r-p.com
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