US Steel announced Tuesday that its flat-rolled facilities will now report through three streamlined and consolidated commercial entities.
The North American Flat-Rolled realignment will include the transition of operational management responsibilities to the automotive, consumer, and the now combined industrial, service center and mining commercial entities, effective January 1, 2016.
Automotive Solutions, led by Senior Vice President Jim Bruno, will continue to be based in Troy, Mich., at the company's Automotive Center. Bruno will now also have responsibility for Great Lakes Works in nearby River Rouge and Ecorse, Mich., the EGL at Dearborn (formerly DESCO), Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., as well as the company's 50-50 joint venture PRO-TEC Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio.
Consumer Solutions, serving customers in the appliance, packaging, container and construction markets is largely served by the company's Mon Valley Works outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., East Chicago Tin in East Chicago, Ind., as well as Fairfield Works' # 5 coating line and the Double G joint venture, both in Birmingham, Ala., will be led by Sara Greenstein, Senior Vice President - Consumer Solutions.
The Industrial, Service Center and Mining Solutions entities will now be led by Douglas R. Matthews. In his role as Senior Vice President - Industrial, Service Center and Mining Solutions, Matthews will have responsibility for serving customers in the pipe and tube manufacturing market, as well as the agricultural and industrial equipment and service center markets. He will have operational responsibility for US Steel's largest steelmaking and finishing facility, Gary Works in Gary, Ind., for Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill. as well as for mining, which includes all activities relating to the company's Minnesota Ore Operations - Minntac in Mt. Iron and Keetac in Keewatin - as well as the company's iron ore equity ventures.
These new operational realignments within the commercial entities do not change existing reporting segments. The company will continue to have three reportable operating segments: North American Flat-Rolled Products, Tubular Products and US Steel Europe.