Allegheny Technologies Appoints Corporate Information Technology General Manager.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000 Allegheny Technologies Allegheny Technologies, Inc. NYSE: ATI is a specialty metals company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is the 17th largest employer in Allegheny County and one of the last "steel" companies with its headquarters in "The Steel City" and major manufacturing (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. ) today announced that Kevin D. Ceraso, 43, has been appointed to the newly created position of General Manager, Information Technology effective May 1, 2000. Reporting directly to Ceraso will be the information technology functions of the Flat-Rolled Products and High Performance Metals segments and the corporate office. Ceraso will also oversee the information technology efforts within the Industrial segment. "As we accelerate our e-Business initiatives, it is essential that our technology be world class and well coordinated across all Allegheny Technologies specialty materials businesses," said Thomas A. Corcoran, president and chief executive officer, Allegheny Technologies. "Information technology enables Allegheny Technologies to provide customer-oriented solutions, such as the recently announced MetalSpectrum online marketplace partnership. Information technology also enhances our cost competitiveness through improved supply chain management and procurement." Kevin Ceraso will report to Jack W. Shilling SHILLING, Eng. law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twentieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value. , president of the High Performance Metals segment, who was previously president of Allegheny Ludlum. Ceraso has held information technology positions of increasing responsibility at Allegheny Technologies since joining the company in 1980. Most recently he was General Manager, Information Systems, for Allegheny Ludlum, an Allegheny Technologies company. At Allegheny Ludlum, he led the installation of the company's advanced Wide and Local area network services. Kevin Ceraso holds bachelors and masters degrees in Information Technology from the University of Pittsburgh. Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) is one of the largest and most diversified producers of specialty materials in the world. Our talented people use innovative technologies to offer growing global markets a wide range of specialty materials including stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. , nickel-based and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys, titanium and titanium alloys Titanium alloys are metallic materials which contain a mixture of titanium and other chemical elements. Such alloys have very high tensile strength and toughness (even at extreme temperatures), light weight, extraordinary corrosion resistance, and ability to withstand extreme , specialty steel alloys, zirconium zirconium (zərkō`nēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Zr; at. no. 40; at. wt. 91.22; m.p. about 1,852°C;; b.p. 4,377°C;; sp. gr. 6.5 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. and related alloys, and tungsten-based specialty materials. Our goal is to be the low cost, high quality supplier to global markets. Allegheny Technologies website can be found at http://www.alleghenytechnologies.com. |
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