STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 01/2020 EXTRACT

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Digital Alloys takes new chief technology officer on board
Digital Alloys, provider of metal additive
manufacturing, has announced the addition
of Carl Calabria as its chief technology
officer.
Carl Calabria is a veteran of the additive
manufacturing industry. He joins Digital
Alloys from Formlabs, provider of plastic
3D printers, where he was head of engineering.
At Digital Alloys Calabria will have
overall responsibility for both research and
engineering. His move will speed the
release of Digital Alloys’ Joule Printing
metal additive manufacturing technology,
which delivers metal printing solutions
that have the speed, cost and quality
needed for volume manufacturing of larger
parts.
• Digital Alloys
ESTAD appoints chairman of scientific advisory board
Göran Carlsson has been named chairman
of the scientific advisory board in
the run-up to the 5th ESTAD Conference
staged in Stockholm on from 14 to 18
June 2021.
Göran Carlsson has worked in the steel
industry and with R&D for most of his
career. His latest position was that of
CEO of the new steel research institute
SWERIM, a merger of MEFOS and
Swerea KIMAB. He worked for SSAB
for many years during a time where he
also was associated professor in process
metallurgy at Luleå Technical University.
The ESTAD (European Steel Technology
Application Days) conference has
become established as an important
meeting place for steel producers, steel
users, plant suppliers, research institutes,
as well as universities. In 2021,
the conference will be hosted by Jernkontoret.
• Jernkontoret
New CEO at Steeltec
Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Florian Geiger
took over as the new CEO of bright
steel producer Steeltec, a company of
the Schmolz + Bickenbach Group.
Florian Geiger succeeds Gerd Münch as
CEO, who decided to step down from his
role on December 31, 2019. Gerd Münch
spent a total of 28 years with the company,
including 14 years as chief executive
officer. Florian Geiger joined Schmolz +
Dr. Florian Geiger is the new chief
executive officer of Schmolz + Bickenbach
group company Steeltec (Picture: Steeltec)
Bickenbach in 2013 as vice president for
business development, with responsibility
for enterprise-wide strategic projects and
for mergers and acquisitions. Among other
achievements, he led the negotiations
for the creation of a joint venture in China
and for the acquisition of Ascometal in
France.
• Schmolz + Bickenbach
Tata Steel in Europe names new chief commercial officer
Karl Haider has taken up the role of chief
commercial officer for Tata Steel in
Europe. He succeeds Henrik Adam who
became CEO of Tata Steel in Europe in
June 2019.
Haider joined Tata Steel in Europe in 2011
as director Downstream Operations. He
began his career in the steel industry as an
apprentice at voestalpine in 1981. Eventual
he was a member of the executive board
of the High Performance Metals division
of voestalpine.
• Tata Steel
thyssenkrupp Schulte reorganizes management board
Effective January 1, 2020, Detlef Schotten
became chairman of the board of management
of thyssenkrupp Schulte. As of the
same date, Dr. Tobias Hegmanns joined
the company as chief operating officer.
Detlef Schotten succeeds Martin Stillger
who has been appointed chairman
of the executive board of thyssenkrupp
Materials Services. In addition, Detlef
Schotten has taken over responsibility
for the Western Europe operating unit
from Stillger. Schotten has more than
25 years of experience in various management
and executive functions at
thyssenkrupp.
STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 2 (2020) No. 1