Carpenter Technology Elects Philip Anderson and Robert McMaster Directors.WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Carpenter Technology Corporation Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty alloys, including stainless steel and titanium, and various engineered products made from metallic and ceramic materials. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CRS CRS Course CRS Certified Residential Specialist (real estate certification) CRS Central Reservation System CRS Can't Remember Stuff (polite form) CRS Cost Reduction Strategy CRS Consumer Relations Specialist ) today announced the election of Robert R. McMaster, a former partner at KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen and former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Westward Communications, and Dr. Philip M. Anderson, professor of physics and consultant on technology and intellectual property, as directors of the Company. "Robert McMaster brings to the board years of success in accounting and management, and Dr. Anderson provides invaluable expertise and insight into advanced technology applications, including the fields of aerospace and energy," said Anne Stevens, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "On behalf of the board of directors, senior management and the entire organization, we are pleased to welcome Bob and Phil to Carpenter Technology." The additions of McMaster and Dr. Anderson expand the Company's board to 10 members, all but one of which are outside directors. McMaster, age 58, held various positions at KPMG from May 1970 to June 1997, including Ohio Valley Area Managing Partner. As such, he served from 1992 to 1997 as a member of KPMG's Management Committee. From June 1997 to February 2005, McMaster was chairman and chief executive officer of Westward Communications, and president and chief executive officer of its successor company, ASP Westward Holdings, publishers of community newspapers in Texas and Colorado. McMaster also is a director of Sally Beauty Holdings (chairman, Audit Committee; member, Finance Committee); Dominion Homes Inc., (member, Audit and Compensation Committees), and Minimally Invasive Devices, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . He also is a former board member of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. He is active in a wide variety of community affairs organizations in the Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , region. He received his B.S., magna cum laude cum lau·de adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. , in accounting from Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. , Oxford, Ohio Oxford is a college town located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio in northwestern Butler County in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. The population was 21,943 at the 2000 census (approximately 16,000 students are included in this figure). , in 1970, and is the recipient of the Haskins & Sells Foundation Award for excellence in accounting. Dr. Anderson, age 58, is a professor of physics at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he has taught since 1990 courses ranging from introductory to advanced physics and electronics, as well as invention and entrepreneurship. He holds more than 100 foreign and 34 U.S. patents, and was named Inventor of the Year by the New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2001. He also is a respected consultant on technical and intellectual property on new technology and product development for Fortune 100 companies, with particular emphasis on security systems, medical devices, sensors, magnetics, acoustics and materials. Prior to teaching, he was founder, president and chief executive officer of Identitech Corp., 1986-1988; and new venture manager and senior research physicist at Allied Corp. (now Honeywell Corp.), 1979-1986. Dr. Anderson received his B.A. in physics in 1970 from Widener University, M.S. degrees in both physics and electrical engineering from Drexel University in June 1977, and a Ph.D. in physics from Drexel in 1979. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard from 1970-1975. He currently is a director of Aerco International, and is a former director of Sigma-Netics. From 1997-2001, he was a member of the Peer Review Board of the U.S. Army's ARDEC ARDEC Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (US Army) ARDEC Agence Rwandaise pour le Développement et la Coopération , Picatinny Arsenal. Carpenter Technology produces and distributes specialty alloys, including stainless steels, titanium alloys and superalloys, and various engineered products. Detailed information about Carpenter Technology can be accessed at our website: www.cartech.com. Except for historical information, all other information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected, anticipated or implied. The most significant of these uncertainties are described in Carpenter's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended June 30, 2006, its subsequent Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , and the exhibits attached to those filings. They include but are not limited to: 1) the cyclical nature of the specialty materials business and certain end-use markets, including aerospace, industrial, automotive, consumer, medical, and energy including power generation, or other influences on Carpenter's business such as new competitors, the consolidation of customers, and suppliers or the transfer of manufacturing capacity from the United States to foreign countries; 2) the ability of Carpenter to achieve cost savings, productivity improvements or process changes; 3) the ability to recoup increases in the cost of energy and raw materials or other factors; 4) domestic and foreign excess manufacturing capacity for certain metals; 5) fluctuations in currency exchange rates; 6) the degree of success of government trade actions; 7) the valuation of the assets and liabilities in Carpenter's pension trusts and the accounting for pension plans; 8) possible labor disputes or work stoppages; 9) the potential that our customers may substitute alternate materials or adopt different manufacturing practices that replace or limit the suitability of our products; 10) the ability to successfully acquire and integrate acquisitions; and 11) the ability of Carpenter to implement and manage material capital expansion projects in a timely and efficient manner. Any of these factors could have an adverse and/or fluctuating effect on Carpenter's results of operations. The forward-looking statements in this document are intended to be subject to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. protection provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Carpenter undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. |
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