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AK Steel Names General Manager for Global Electrical Steel Sales
Jan. 26, 2010 AK Steel has named Lisa A. Vensel General Manager of Electrical Steel Sales, effective on February 1. She will be responsible for the company's global sales of its electrical steel products.
Vensel joined the company in 1986 and served in several engineering assignments at the Butler (Pa.) Works. She progressed through a number of electrical steel production and quality positions, before advancing to Product Metallurgy and Quality Analysis Manager in 2004. In 2008, she was named General Manager of Manufacturing Planning for AK Steel.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Computer Science from Westminster College (Pa.) and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.
"This new position reflects AK Steel's ongoing commitment of exceptional service to our customers to help meet the growing need for new and more efficient electrical power in the U.S. and around the world," said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President, and CEO of AK Steel. "Lisa brings a strong professional background of technical and customer service experience to the position, and we are very pleased that she will lead our electrical steel sales efforts."
AK Steel is one of the largest producers in the world of silicon-alloy electrical steels and is the leading producer of the high-performance grain-oriented grades. Electrical steels are used in the manufacture of energy-efficient power generation and distribution transformers as well as high-efficiency electric motors. The company has about 6200 employees in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton, and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.