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DRESSTA CO. LTD.

McGonigle has spent his entire career with Dressta and its predecessor companies, Dresser and International Harvester.

"Tom McGonigle is a seasoned veteran," says Nestor P. Jovanivic, Dressta Co. Ltd. chairman. "We are pleased that he has agreed to take on this role."

Creekwood Metals Trading

The new company will specialize in the brokerage and trading of all types of nonferrous metals throughout the United States and Canada. Goldblatt also specializes in the trading of butyl tire inner tubes.

IMCO Recycling Inc.

In his new position, he will manage operations of the IMCO division that provides specification aluminum alloys to manufacturers.

Sondheimer, 87, is stepping down from his position as vice president-nonferrous, where he worked from the Hugo Neu-Schnitzer East office in Jersey City, N.J.

He started with the company during its earliest years in the late 1940s. Sondheimer speaks several languages and studied overseas markets in growing scrap destinations, particularly in India. He helped Hugo Neu Corp. secure its reputation as a leading scrap exporter and importer.

Hugo Neu Corp. CEO John Neu describes Sondheimer as a stickler for details, and says, "Everyone around the world knows him as one of the most tenacious negotiators around." Neu also says Sondheimer "would spend an enormous amount of time and detail on customers," making sure global transactions went smoothly.

Sondheimer was also a contributor to the definitions of the nonferrous scrap specifications formulated by the predecessor organizations of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) and now circulated by ISRI.