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Hans Fischer new chairman of Steel Americas´ management board

Nov 17, 2009

Dipl.-Ing. Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer (53), currently a member of the executive board of Salzgitter AG, will become Chairman of the Management Board of the Steel Americas business area effective February 1, 2010. He will thus assume the position originally intended for Erich Heine, who tragically lost his life in an air crash on June 1, 2009.

The position is currently held in an acting capacity by Edwin Eichler, member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG and Chairman of the Steel Europe business area.

The Steel Americas business area focuses the production, processing and marketing of high-quality carbon steel in North and South America. It combines the companies ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico in Brazil and ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC in the USA.

The Salzgitter Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Nonn (44, graduate of industrial engineering) as member of the Executive Board of Salzgitter AG for the period from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2014, with responsibility for the Steel Division. Mr. Nonn has been active for the Group since 2002. To date, he has held the position of managing director of Salzgitter Flachstahl and is an Executive Board member within the Salzgitter Stahl management company.

Hans Fischer has publisher several papers in STEEL GRIPS.

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