Nucor Steel Kankakee vice president and general manager Johnny Jacobs has accepted an offer to lead the steelmaker’s planned $1.35 billion plate mill in Kentucky, the company has said.
Nucor said Jacobs is heading to Brandenburg, Kentucky, to oversee the mill’s construction and hiring. He’ll also oversee operations once it’s up and running, which is expected to occur in 2022. The mill is Nucor’s single largest investment in its history.
Succeeding Jacobs is 16 year Nucor veteran Jon Witherow.
Witherow began his Nucor career in 2003 at Nucor’s plate mill in Hertford County, North Carolina. He later worked at Nucor mills in Ohio and South Carolina, and in 2017, he was named general manager of Nucor’s Italy joint venture, Duferdofin-Nucor.
Published in the September 2019 Edition