Joseph D. Rupp Elected Executive Vice President, Operations.Business Editors NORWALK, CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 Olin Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : OLN OLN Outdoor Life Network (TV channel) OLN Oracle Learning Network OLN Olin Corporation OLN Operator License Number OLN on Line Network OLN Office for Library and Information Networking ) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Joseph D. Rupp, 50, to the position of Executive Vice President, Operations effective immediately. Mr. Rupp will be responsible for all Olin business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets including Brass, Winchester(R) and Chlor Alkali Products. Thomas M. Gura, President Winchester, and John L. McIntosh, President Chlor Alkali Products, will report to Mr. Rupp. At this time, Mr. Rupp will continue his direct responsibility for Olin Brass. Mr. Rupp joined Olin's Brass Division in 1972 after graduating from the University of Missouri - Rolla with a BS degree in Metallurgy metallurgy (mĕt`əlûr'jē), science and technology of metals and their alloys. Modern metallurgical research is concerned with the preparation of radioactive metals, with obtaining metals economically from low-grade ores, with . After holding a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the Brass manufacturing and engineering organization, in 1982 Mr. Rupp was named Director Mill Products Manufacturing. He was appointed Vice President Manufacturing and Engineering for Olin Brass in 1985. He has been President of Olin Brass and a Corporate Vice President since 1996. Mr. Rupp is Vice Chairman of the Copper and Brass Fabricators Council and a director of the Copper Development Association. Mr. Rupp will be based at Olin Corporation's headquarters in Norwalk, CT. Mr. Rupp will join Olin's Corporate Leadership Team consisting of Donald W. Griffin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Anthony W. Ruggiero, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Peter C. Kosche, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs; and Johnnie M. Jackson, Vice President and General Counsel. The Leadership Team will continue to function as an integral part of the company's management process. Headquartered in Norwalk, CT, Olin Corporation had 2000 sales of $1.5 billion and is a leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. producer of copper and copper-based alloys, sporting ammunition, and chlorine and caustic soda caustic soda: see sodium hydroxide. caustic soda Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), an inorganic compound. The alkalies called caustic soda and caustic potash (potassium hydroxide) are very important industrial chemicals, with uses in the manufacture of . |
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