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Worldsteel elects new officers

The Board of Members of the World Steel Association ( worldsteel ) has elected the following Executive Board of Directors for the 2022 / 2023 period . The individuals on the Jeong-Woo Choi ,
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Executive Board of Directors will hold office for one year :
■ Chairman : Jeong-Woo Choi , CEO , POSCO Holdings .
■ Vice-Chairman : Sajjan Jindal , Chairman and Managing Director , JSW Steel Limited .
■ Vice-Chairman : Leon J . Topalian , President & Chief Executive Officer , Nucor Corporation .
■ Treasurer : Mark Vassella , Managing Director & CEO , BlueScope Steel Limited .
■ Chairman of worldstainless : Timoteo Di Maulo , CEO , Aperam .
The Board of Members has also elected the 2022 / 2023 Executive Committee :
■ Salah Al-Ansari : President , HADEED , Saudi Iron & Steel Company ( a SABIC affiliate ).
■ David B . Burritt : President and Chief Executive Officer , United States Steel Corporation .
■ Chen Derong : Chairman of the Board , China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited .
■ Jeong-Woo Choi : CEO , POSCO Holdings .
■ Uğur Dalbeler : CEO , Çolakoğlu Metalurji A . Ş .
■ Eiji Hashimoto : Representative Director and President , Nippon Steel Corporation .
■ Sajjan Jindal : Chairman and Managing Director , JSW Steel Limited .
■ André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter : Executive Vice Chairman , Gerdau S . A .
■ Yoshihisa Kitano : President & CEO , JFE Steel Corporation .
■ Lakshmi N . Mittal : Executive Chairman , ArcelorMittal .

Austria ’ s Productivity Board confirms pool of experts

Austria ’ s Productivity Board has appointed nineteen wellknown experts from science and research to its pool of experts . They are to contribute to the scientific quality assurance of the Productivity Board ’ s work and advise it on specific issues . One of them is Matthias Weber , Head of Centre for Innovation Systems & Policy , Austrian Institute of Technology ( AIT ).
“ The experts will support the Productivity Board in its analyses of Austria ’ s productivity and competitiveness with their knowledge . This will also add weight to the economic policy recommendations for the government ,” explained the AIT .
The Productivity Board is part of EU-wide economic policy coordination mechanisms . It is independent and consists of five members with relevant economic policy expertise who are not bound by directives . The primary task of the Productivity Board is to systematically analyse the development of domestic productivity and
Matthias Weber joins pool of experts . competitiveness . On the basis of these analyses , the council identifies measures and reforms to strengthen the Austrian economy and makes recommendations to the Austrian federal government .
“ The Productivity Board reports annually to the Nationalrat . The experts will provide advice to the Productivity Board and thus contribute to the quality assurance of its analyses and recommendations ,” concluded AIT .
By establishing the Productivity Board in 2022 , Austria has implemented EU Council Recommendation 2016 / C 349 / 01 which aims to establish national productivity boards ( NPBs ) throughout the European Union . Members of the Productivity Board are appointed for a term of six years by Austria ’ s federal government , the Austrian Economic Chambers and the Federal Chamber of Labour . n
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■ Alexey A . Mordashov : Chairman of the Board of Directors , Severstal ( PAO ) ( passive member ).
■ Thachat Viswanath Narendran : Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director , Tata Steel .
■ Paolo Rocca : President and CEO , Techint Group .
■ Leon J . Topalian : President & Chief Executive Officer , Nucor Corporation .
■ Yu Yong : Chairman , HBIS Group Co ., Ltd .
■ Hubert Zajicek : Member of the Board , CEO of Steel Division , voestalpine A . G .
■ Edwin Basson : Director General , worldsteel , as Secretary .
The Board of Members also welcomed the following steel producers as regular members ; Baku Steel Company CJSC ( Azerbaijan ), represented by Kamal Ibrahimov , and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG ( Germany ), represented by Erika Mink-Zaghloul . n
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New Chairman for Open Industry 4.0 Alliance

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance has reorganised . At its Annual General Meeting on 9 December 2022 , Dr . Christian Liedtke ( responsible for strategic alliances at KUKA ) was elected Chairman of the Board of the Alliance and Spokesman .
“ In 2023 , we will enter a new phase with the Alliance ,” said Dr . Liedtke . “ In particular , we will continue to drive forward the internationalisation of the alliance . Our initial focus is on Europe . Following the successful launch in the Netherlands , Denmark , Belgium and Italy will follow . The alliance also continues to intensify its cooperation with German government organisations , associations and federations .”
Hans Huber ( Managing Director , Industrial Internet of Things , Endress + Hauser ) and Marius Grathwohl ( Vice President Digital Products and Transformation , Multivac ) support Liedtke as part of the Executive Board . Georg Kube ( Global Vice President , SAP ) succeeds Nils Herzberg as a new Executive Board member .
A new service company , Open Industry 4.0 Implementation GmbH , will now be managed by Ekrem Yigitdoel ( MD of the Open Industry- 4.0 Alliance ). n
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