AK Steel Names Vice Presidents
24 January 2000
AK Steel Names Vice Presidents
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio--Jan. 24, 2000--AK Steel said J. Theodore Holmes, 55, was named vice president, customer service, and Ernest E. Rummler, Jr., 48, was named vice president, manufacturing planning and steel sourcing. The company said both are new positions. In addition, James L. Wainscott, 42, was named senior vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer. Mr. Wainscott had been vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer.Mr. Holmes joined the company in 1973 in sales, and progressed through a number of positions in commercial, quality and productivity and manufacturing planning. He was named director, customer service in 1998. Mr. Holmes holds a bachelor's degree in history from Emory and Henry College.
Mr. Rummler joined the company in 1974 as an assistant metallurgist at the Middletown, Ohio Works. He progressed through a number of positions in quality assurance, operations, planning and customer service. He was named director, manufacturing planning and steel sourcing in 1998. He holds a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a master of business administration degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Mr. Wainscott joined AK Steel in 1995 as vice president and treasurer. In 1998 he was also named chief financial officer for AK Steel. Mr. Wainscott began his steel career in 1982 at National Steel Corporation. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Ball State University and a master of business administration degree from Notre Dame.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products for automotive, appliance, construction and manufacturing markets, as well as standard pipe and tubular steel products. AK Steel is headquartered in Middletown, Ohio. It employs about 10,000 men and women in steel plants and offices in Middletown, Coshocton, Mansfield, Warren and Zanesville, Ohio; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and Butler, Pennsylvania. AK Steel also produces snow and ice control products, standard pipe and tubular products and operates a major industrial park on the Houston, Texas ship channel. Note to Editors: Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.