Fort Wayne, Indiana-based steelmaker Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Tuesday that John Nolan, Vice President and General Manager of the company's Structural and Rail Division, has been appointed to the newly created corporate level position of Vice President--Product Development. In his new position, Nolan will be responsible for the identification, development and innovation of new products for the automotive, construction and rail markets and will continue to report directly to Steel Dynamics' Executive Vice President for Steelmaking, Dick Teets.
"One of the goals for our steel operations is to grow our product lines across all segments of our business, both by innovation to meet our customers' growing end use applications today and by anticipating and meeting what their needs will be tomorrow," stated Teets. "John's unique background in both integrated and electric furnace steelmaking, as well as his knowledge and experience at both the marketing and operations ends of the business, across all of our product lines, makes him the logical choice to fill this important position." Most recently, John and his team have enjoyed success in developing new rail products at the company's Columbia City, Indiana rail facility.