Tube City opens new worldwide trading offices

Archiv – US provider of outsourced steel services Tube City IMS, says its Tube City Division has opened its first trading offices in Singapore, and Gent, Belgium, and has expanded its representative trading offices in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Beijing, China.United States | US provider of outsourced steel services Tube City IMS, says its Tube City Division has opened its first trading offices in Singapore, and Gent, Belgium, and has expanded its representative trading offices in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Beijing, China.
David Aronson, Executive Vice President Outsource Purchasing, says all four offices are in prime locations from which the company can grow its markets in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. ’We are excited to be able to serve our customers in these important markets,’ David Aronson says. ‘€˜All four regions’€™ economies are growing, and each location offers opportunities to expand our outsource purchasing and business initiatives.’€™
Hideyuki Nishizawa, who has been instrumental in orchestrating the company’€™s international trading growth in the Asia-Pacific region, has been promoted to Managing Director of Asia. He will be relocating from the United States, and will be responsible for developing, managing and expanding the Company’€™s Asian trading operations from the newly-opened Singapore trading office.
Alain Eeckman has joined the Company as Managing Director of Europe and will be responsible for developing, managing and expanding the Company’€™s European trading operations from the newly-opened Belgium trading office. According to Tube City Mr Eeckman has more than 15 years of experience in logistics and steel trading. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at Trade Arbed/Considar and ArcelorMittal.
Tube City IMS, LLC is a leading provider of outsourced steel services, including raw materials procurement, scrap management, raw materials optimization, slag processing, metal recovery and surface conditioning services to integrated steel mills, mini-mills and foundries. The company, which is headquartered in Glassport, Pennsylvania, has operations at 69 plants throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America and Asia.