BIRMINGHAM STEEL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF NEW BUSINESS UNIT.BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 1995--Birmingham Steel Corporation today announced the formation of a new business unit. The new unit, called Steel Services, will be responsible for the Company's planned melt shop to support its American Steel & Wire and Kankakee mini-mill operations, supply chain management, utilities contracts, transportation, the Company's potential entry into HBI/DRI manufacturing and other supply contract negotiations. H. Avery Hilton, Jr., 48, will serve as President of the newly formed Steel Services Business Unit. Hilton has been with Birmingham Steel since 1985 and currently serves as President of the Rebar/Merchant Business Unit. He holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in industrial engineering from North Carolina State University History
Succeeding Hilton as President of the Rebar/Merchant Business Unit will be Jack R. Wheeler, 58. Wheeler is currently Vice President, Engineering/Construction with Birmingham Steel. He joined the Company in 1992 and holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. . Birmingham Steel Corporation operates steel mini-mills producing primarily steel reinforcing bar and merchant products, and also specializes in manufacturing high-quality rod and wire from semi-finished billets at its American Steel & Wire subsidiary. The common stock of Birmingham Steel Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "BIR BIR British Institute of Radiology BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR Bureau of International Recycling BIR Baculovirus IAP Repeat BIR Biomedical Imaging Resource BIR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (US State Department) ." CONTACT: Birmingham Steel Corporation, Birmingham J. Daniel Garrett, 216/429-7640 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion