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SSAB Americas president receives highest honor in North American steel industry

SSAB Americas has announced that its president, Chuck Schmitt, has received the 2016 Gary Memorial Medal from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the industry’s highest honor. The medal is presented annually to recognize an individual for his or her remarkable lifelong contributions to the North American steel industry.

Schmitt served as chairman of the AISI board of directors from May 2015 through May 2016 and chaired a number of board-level committees. He was elected to the board in 2011 and will remain as an officer for another year.