INTERMET Names Thomas E. Prucha Vice President, Technical Services
For IMMEDIATE Release/December 16, 2002
Contact: Mike Kelly
INTERMET Corporation
248-952-2500
TROY, Mich., December 16, 2002 - INTERMET Corporation (Nasdaq: INMT) announced that effective today, Thomas E. Prucha has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Technical Services, from Director, Process Research & Development. He reports to Dr. Gary F. Ruff, who recently was named President and COO of INTERMET. In addition, Prucha will be a member of the Corporate Operating Committee.
Prucha's new responsibilities include oversight of INTERMET's research and development, materials, process and product engineering and development, environmental activities, and facilities engineering.
"Tom has made a tremendous contribution in helping to develop INTERMET's process technologies for the next generation of cast-metal components," said Ruff. "He played an instrumental role in the development of INTERMET's innovative Pressure-Counter-Pressure Casting (PCPC™) process technology."
Prucha came to INTERMET in October 1999 from CMI International where he was Vice President of Technology. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the metal-casting industry, 20 of which were spent at CMI.
He is active in the American Foundry Society (AFS), most recently serving as chairman of its Research Board and as past chairman of the AFS Aluminum Division. In 1994, he received the AFS Aluminum Division Service Award.
Prucha also is active in many other metal-casting technical societies, including the North American Die Cast Association's (NADCA) Die Material Committee. He also serves on the NADCA Technical Advisory Group. He is a member of the steering committee of the CORMAG (Cost-Reduced Magnesium Die Casting) program, which is sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Science and Technology. CORMAG's mission is to develop low-cost magnesium technology for high-ductility automotive applications. Additionally, he is on the steering committee of the Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He also holds three patents related to metal-casting technology.
With headquarters in Troy, Michigan, INTERMET Corporation is a manufacturer of powertrain, chassis/suspension and structural components for the automotive industry. INTERMET's strategy is to be the leading supplier of cast-metal automotive components in the world. The company has more than 6,000 employees at facilities located in North America and Europe. More information is available on the Internet at www.intermet.com.
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