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[July 2007]
Douglas Dietrich to Join Minerals Technologies in Senior Position
Minerals Technologies Inc (New York, USA) has announced that Douglas Dietrich will join the company as Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasury, on 1 August 2007. Mr Dietrich joins Minerals Technologies after a seven-year tenure with Alcoa Inc.
"We are very pleased to have someone of Doug Dietrich's caliber join Minerals Technologies," said Joseph Muscari, Chairman and CEO. "Doug brings a wealth of business experience that includes leading successful global enterprises on four continents, as well as a strong financial background."
In his new role, he will be responsible for Corporate Development, which includes Strategic Planning and Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as the company's Treasury operations. He will also be a member of MTI's Leadership Council, the senior management policy setting and strategy development team.
In his most recent position as Vice President, Alcoa Wheel Products; General Manager, Automotive Wheels, he held profit and loss responsibility for a global $350 million division with six manufacturing facilities located in the USA, Canada, Venezuela and Russia. During his tenure at Alcoa he also served as President, Latin America Extrusions and Global Rod and Bar Products, a $260 million business of Alcoa with 1,700 employees, where he was responsible for operations located in Brazil, Venezuela, USA, Korea and Russia.
Minerals Technologies Inc is a global resource and technology based growth company that develops, produces and markets world-wide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services. The company recorded sales of US$1.06 billion in 2006.
www.mineralstech.com
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