The Aluminum Association has disclosed membership growth, additions to its board and the election of a new member to its leadership team.
The announcements were made during Aluminum Week 2014: “Driving Modern Manufacturing” – the Aluminum Association’s annual meeting.
The newly announced member companies are A J Charnaud & Co, Fromm Packaging Systems, Herkules North America and Herr-Voss Stamco. Expanding its leadership team, the trade group elected Michelle O’Neill, Alcoa’s vice president of Government Affairs and Trade Policy, as its second vice chairman.
Aluminum Week 2014 focused on Aluminum’s impressive demand fundamentals, as well as industry investment in the U.S. Since 2013, the aluminum industry has announced domestic plant expansions expected to generate nearly $1.4 billion of investment and to create more than 1,000 full-time and temporary U.S. jobs. This surge in investment is primarily intended to meet projected automotive sector demand growth.
Member company additions will bring total membership to 98 companies consisting of 48 producer members and 50 associate, or supplier, members.
The Aluminum Association also approved the nomination of Michelle O’Neill, vice president of Government Affairs and Trade Policy for Alcoa. O’Neill will join Association chairman Smith and vice chairman Garney Scott, president & CEO of Scepter, Inc. on the Association’s leadership team – providing strategic guidance and direction on Association activities.
O’Neill serves as the Alcoa’s top government liaison executive in Washington, D.C., leading the company’s federal and state government affairs activities. She previously served as the Deputy Undersecretary for International Trade at the Commerce Department and was recognized with the 2012 presidential Distinguished Rank Award, the nation’s highest civil service award, for outstanding achievement in public service.
Members named to the board of directors Class of 2017 were:
•Jack Pell, vice president – Commercial at Sapa Extrusions North America;
•Sean Stack, executive vice president and chief executive officer – Rolled Products North America at Aleris International; and,
•Buddy Stemple, chief executive officer – Rolled Products at Constellium.
Additionally, the Association named two new members to the Board Class of 2015:
•Erin Fauber, president at American Metal Chemical Corporation (AMCOR), and
•Michael Johnson, Senior Application Engineer at Clarcor Industrial Air.
Published in the November 2014 Edition of American Recycler News
