Allegheny Technologies Elects James C. Diggs to Board of Directors.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 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 James C. Diggs, 53, senior vice president and general counsel for PPG Industries, Inc., has been elected to the company's Board of Directors. "Jim Diggs brings a global industrial perspective to our board and his input will be valuable as we implement our strategic plan and growth initiatives," said Robert P. Bozzone, chairman of Allegheny Technologies. As senior vice president and general counsel for PPG PPG Points Per Game (basketball player statistic) PPG Power Play Goals (hockey) PPG Planning Policy Guidance (UK) PPG Programmable Pulse Generator PPG Power Puff Girls , Mr. Diggs is responsible for all legal, environmental, health and safety matters at PPG and its subsidiaries around the world. He joined PPG in 1997. Prior to joining PPG, Mr. Diggs had a successful 21-year career with TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc., rising to vice president and assistant general counsel. An advocate for civic and charitable work, Mr. Diggs serves on the boards of the United Way of Allegheny County, the Carnegie Institute, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Pressley Ridge Schools Foundation. Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified producers of specialty materials in the world with revenues of approximately $2.5 billion. The Company has over 11,000 employees worldwide and its 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, 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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