CMC Names Two to Senior Positions

Commercial Metals Co. has announced that the appointment of two people to senior management positions. The company has named Joseph Alvarado its new executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company also named Tracy Porter vice president of CMC and president of the CMC Americas Division.

Alvarado will begin his new role with CMC on April 30, 2010.  In this capacity, he will be responsible for the direction and coordination of CMC's two operational divisions, the CMC Americas Division and the CMC International Division. Alvarado has held a number of leadership positions within the steel industry, including Ispat International N.V. (prior to its acquisition by Arcelor Mittal), Birmingham Steel and Inland Steel.  Most recently he served as president of U.S. Steel's Tubular Products Division, and prior to that as president and COO of Lone Star Technologies (prior to its acquisition by U.S. Steel).

McClean said, "With Joe's extensive steel industry knowledge, both in the U.S. and internationally, he will make a tremendous contribution to CMC, and we are pleased to welcome him to CMC."

Porter, who has been with CMC for 19 years, has held numerous positions within the company. He began his career at the company’s Seguin, Tex., minimill, later became GM of the CMC Steel Arkansas/CMC Southern Post unit in Magnolia, Ark., and headed CMC's Rebar Fabrication Division within the CMC Americas Division.