Aluminum Association Elects New Board Members

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aluminum Association elected three new board members today at the association's annual membership meeting in Chicago. The new board members are Jeffrey More, vice president marketing, Indalex Aluminum Solutions (Mississauga, Ontario); Rodney Mott, chief executive officer, Pechiney Rolled Products (Ravenswood, W.V.); and Frank A. Ward, president, Hydro Automotive Structures (Holland, MI). The new board members will serve a three year term beginning January 1, 2001.

The Aluminum Association members also re-elected four board members for another three year term beginning January 1, 2001: Craig P. Eddy, president and chief executive officer, Coastal Aluminum Rolling Mills, Inc. (Williamsport, PA); Michael J. O'Brien, executive vice president and general counsel, Ormet Corporation (Wheeling, W.V.); Albert F. Styring, president, V.A.W. of America, Inc. (St. Augustine, FL); and Brett E. Wilcox, president, Northwest Aluminum Company (The Dalles, OR).

Other members serving on the board are: Board Chairman Richard L. Kerr, executive vice president and president, specialty alloys division, international operations and business development, IMCO Recycling Inc. (Irving, TX); Chris A. Barnes, chief operating officer, Spectrulite Consortium, Inc. (Madison, IL); Joseph A. Bonn, vice president, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation (Houston, TX); Mark C. Durst, president, ARCO Aluminum, Inc. (Louisville, KY); Steven F. Fehling, vice president, planning and business development, Alcan Aluminum Corporation (Mayfield Heights, OH); Michael F. Finucane, vice president, sales, marketing & development, Nichols Aluminum (Davenport, IA); Dietrich M. Gross, chief executive officer, Jupiter Aluminum Corporation (Hammond, IN); Dennis R. Jones, vice president, business development, Norandal USA, Inc. (Brentwood, TN); Roark L. Keeler, vice president, Aluminum Precision Products, Inc. (Santa Ana, CA); Kurt F. Leopold, chief executive officer, Valimet, Inc. (New York, NY); Robert J. Longenecker, chairman, KB Alloys, Inc. (Reading, PA); Gerald A. Meyers, president and chief operating officer, Century Aluminum Company (Monterey, CA); Kenneth D. Peterson, Jr., chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Columbia Ventures Corporation (Vancouver, WA); and Russell C. Wisor, vice president, government affairs, Alcoa Inc. (Washington, DC).

The Aluminum Association, based in Washington, DC with offices in Detroit, MI, represents primary producers of aluminum, recyclers, and producers of semi-fabricated products. Member companies operate almost 200 plants in 37 states.