ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#MetalsMatters–Transformation is underway at the Metals Service Center Institute
(MSCI), as the trade association wraps up a year-long visioning process.
Among several other initiatives, the association is putting resources
toward issued-based advocacy, giving voice to the needs of the
industrial metals supply chain in Washington and Ottawa.

Volunteer leadership at the Institute has also changed; Holman Head,
president & COO, O’Neal Industries, Birmingham, Ala., has been elected
the chairman of the board for the Metals Service Center Institute
(MSCI), effective July 1.

“It’s an honor to take this role. There’s an opportunity now to make a
real impact and advocate for change in key issues—such as trade—that
have hurt the health of the industrial metals supply chain,” said Head.
“I look forward to being an integral part of helping MSCI make sure the
metals industry’s voice is heard.”

Head, a more than 35-year veteran of the metals industry and O’Neal
Industries, began his career there in inside sales. He rose through the
ranks becoming president and CEO of O’Neal Steel and executive VP of
O’Neal Industries in 2009. In 2014, he became president and COO of
O’Neal Industries.

He has served as vice chairman of MSCI and takes over for Richard A.
Robinson, president of Norfolk Iron & Metal Company, Norfolk, Neb., who
has served as chairman for the last two years. Both Robinson and Head
have taken an active role in the association on behalf of the industry,
providing testimony
before the U.S. Trade Representative on the global steel
situation and before
the U.S. International Trade Commission addressing trade
violations impacting the aluminum industry.

New Members of the Executive Committee
			Vice Chair
			William T. Chisholm, Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, president & CEO
			Regular Committee Member
			John Lamprinakos, Worthington Industries, Inc., Steel Processing, president
New Division and Committee Chairs
			New Division Chairs
			Brian Cleveland, Clayton Metals, Inc., president – Division Chair, Aluminum Products
			David Harrold, Alro Steel Jackson, vice president, corporate purchasing – Division Chair, Bar Products
			Arnold Robinson, Norfolk Iron & Metal, Co., chief operating officer – Division Chair, Plates & Shapes
			John T. Simon, Steel Pipe Supply Companies, Inc., executive vice president and chief strategy officer – Division Chair, Tubular Products
			Ken Sotern, EMJ, commodity manager – Division Chair, Specialty Metals
Retiring Members
			Board of Directors
			John Palesny, Petersen Aluminum Corp., president
			Executive Committee
			David Hannah, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., retired former president, chairman and CEO
			Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel, president, pressure cylinders division
			Product Division
			Ray Bauer, Commercial Metals Company, manager marketing services
			Phil Rizzo, Tufts Grinding, Inc., vice president of sales
			Larry Soehrman, Chicago Tube & Iron Co., vice president, materials management

About MSCI

Founded in 1909, the Metals Service Center Institute is a nonprofit
association based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., serving the industrial
metals supply chain. It serves more than 330 members in over 1,200
locations in North America. For more information, visit www.MSCI.org,
MSCI’s online resource MSCI.org/Edge,
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Contacts

Metals Service Center Institute
Ashley DeVecht, director of
communications
847-485-3011 or 616-260-2785