Schmitt to Retire from SSAB in Summer 2025
By
Metal Center News Staff on
Dec 5, 2024
Chuck Schmitt, head of SSAB Americas, will retire in the summer of 2025. A recruitment process to find his successor will begin shortly.
Chuck Schmitt has been head of SSAB Americas and a member of SSAB’s group executive committee since 2011. He has been with the company since 1990, starting at the U.S.-based IPSCO, which was later acquired by SSAB.
“I am extremely proud of the SSAB that we have built and the success we have created together,” Schmitt said. “We have a strong financial position, an industry-leading safety performance and we are at the forefront of innovation and the green transformation.”
“I want to thank Chuck for his important and long-term contributions to SSAB,” said SSAB President and CEO Johnny Sjöström. “As head of SSAB Americas, he has had great impact on the company’s development and results in recent years.”