PITTSBURGH — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 14, 2010 — Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) announced that Robert S. Wetherbee has been named Business Unit President of ATI Metalworking Products, effective June 14, 2010. Headquartered in Nashville, TN, ATI Metalworking Products produces the ATI Stellram and ATI Firth Sterling brands of tungsten-based cutting tools, abrasives, high-speed threading products, tungsten powders, tungsten carbide products, and tungsten heavy alloys. ATI Metalworking Products serves the oil and gas, aerospace and defense, electrical energy, medical, and automotive markets.
Bob Wetherbee joins ATI following a 29-year career with Alcoa, Inc. where he was most recently Vice President, Market Strategy, responsible for growth strategies for business units in the global aerospace, oil and gas, and transportation industries.
Mr. Wetherbee reports to David M. Hogan, who remains Group President of ATI’s Engineered Products segment comprised of ATI Metalworking Products, ATI Portland Forge, ATI Casting Service, and ATI Rome Metals business units.
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $3.1 billion during 2009. ATI has approximately 8,600 full-time employees world-wide who use innovative technologies to offer global markets a wide range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are aerospace and defense, oil and gas/chemical process industry, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and mining. Our products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-oriented electrical steel, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is www.ATImetals.com.
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