People November 2005

* OEA
Roland Scharf-Bergmann, Managing Director of VAW-IMCO Guss- and Recycling in Germany and IMCO Recycling (UK), has been elected as the new President of the Organisation of European Aluminium Refiners and Remelters (OEA) for a two-year term. John Gardner of Zurich-based Novelis Europe will act as Vice President over the same period.
Mr Scharf-Bergmann succeeds Jim Morrison, who had occupied the presidency for the previous four years. Erich Oetinger, General Manager of Aluminium Schmelzwerk Oetinger in Germany, remains Chairman of the OEA Refiners Division, while Mr Gardner has been appointed Chairman of the Remelters Division.

* VDM
Ralf Schmitz has been appointed Managing Director of the Berlin office of the German metal trade and recycling organisation VDM. He will work in co-operation with VDM Managing Director and Board Member Hans P. Münster, who will be based in VDM’s office in Bonn. Mr Schmitz celebrated his tenth anniversary with the organisation in April this year.

* ISRI
David L. Wagger has joined the staff of the US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) as Director of Environmental Management. His responsibilities will include assisting members with environmental management issues and representing ISRI on environmental matters in various forums. Mr Wagger will also head the implementation of ISRI’€™s Recycling Industries’€™ Operating Standard (RIOS), an industry-specific standards programme designed to help member companies to achieve quality, environmental, health and safety excellence.