The Alabama Iron & Steel Council (AISC) slate of officers will serve through June, 2011.
Mike Buckentin, Vice President and General Manager of CMC Steel in Birmingham, was elected council Chairman.
Van Richey, President of American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (ACIPCO), Birmingham, was elected Vice Chairman.
Brian Tomlinson, Controller for SSAB Steel North America, Axis, was re-elected council Treasurer.
Jim Bennett, Commissioner of Labor for the State of Alabama, was re-elected council Secretary.
AISC was formed by the Governor in 2008 as a public-private advisory council to promote the competitiveness and growth of the state’s steel producing and ductile iron pipe industries. Members were appointed from Alabama’s iron and steel companies; selected supplier and customer groups; the Alabama Legislature; Alabama State agencies; and the university community.
Alabama Iron & Steel Council officers gathered at a recent visit to Tannehill Ironworks State Park near Birmingham. Pictured, left to right: Brian Tomlinson, SSAB Steel, Council Treasurer; Van Richey, ACIPCO, Council Vice Chairman; Mike Buckentin, CMC Steel, Council Chairman, and Jim Bennett, Alabama Labor Commissioner, Council Secretary