Allegheny Technologies Elects George J. Kourpias to Board of Directors.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2000 Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (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. ) announced today that George J. Kourpias, retired international president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is an AFL-CIO/CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries. (IAM), has been elected to the company's Board of Directors. "We are delighted to have a person with George Kourpias' experience and capabilities on our Board," said Thomas A. Corcoran, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Allegheny Technologies. Mr. Kourpias was elected international president of IAM in 1989 and retired in 1997. He had been a leader in local district, state council, and international union service since 1952, when he was employed as a machinist. A lifelong advocate for the causes of senior citizens, George Kourpias serves as president of the National Council of Senior Citizens. He is also on the board of directors of Northwest Airlines. Among his many achievements, Mr. Kourpias was appointed to the national Advisory Council on Social Security, served as a member of the Overseas Private Investment Council (OPIC OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation OPIC Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle du Canada (French: Canadian Intellectual Property Office) OPIC Organization of Professional Immigration Consultants OPIC Ohio Public Interest Campaign ), being the first union official to serve on that board, and was appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor to serve on its National Advisory Commission on Work-Based Learning. He is a native of Sioux City, Iowa <noinclude></noinclude> Sioux City (IPA: [su: 'sɪti]) is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,013. where he first joined the IAM and now lives in Silver Springs, MD. He is married and has four children. Mr. Kourpias was proposed to the company's board of directors by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA USWA United Steelworkers of America USWA United States Wrestling Association USWA United States Windsurfing Association USWA United States Wristwrestling Association ) as part of the labor agreement between Allegheny Ludlum, an Allegheny Technologies company, and the USWA. Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 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, nickel-based and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys, titanium and titanium alloys, 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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