CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucor Corporation
(NYSE: NUE) announced today that Leon
Topalian, Vice President and General Manager of Nucor -
Yamato Steel Company, will be promoted to Executive Vice President,
effective May 14, 2017.
Mr. Topalian, 49, began his career with Nucor as a project
engineer at Nucor Steel-Berkeley in 1996 and was promoted to Cold
Mill Production Supervisor in 1998. He has held various
leadership positions throughout his Nucor career in Australia, at Nucor Steel South Carolina and
Nucor Steel Kankakee. Most recently, he has served as Vice
President and General Manager of Nucor - Yamato Steel Company since
2014.
John Ferriola, Nucor's Chairman,
CEO and President, commented, "Leon has served Nucor in many key
roles, and now he will be a strong addition to our executive
leadership team. His promotion to Executive Vice President is
the result of thoughtful and orderly succession planning that has
been a significant strategic initiative throughout the Nucor
organization in recent years."
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel products,
with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars,
beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing;
electrical conduit; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders;
steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished
steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating; and
wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph
Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and
HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and
nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North
America's largest recycler.
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SOURCE Nucor Corporation