United Performance Metals names regional account manager

United Performance Metals, Hamilton, Ohio, has hired Kathy Esquerra as regional account manager at its West Coast location in LaMirada, Calif. She represents the company in northern California, central California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada.

Esquerra has 18 years of experience in the metals industry encompassing quality assurance, inside and outside sales, and customer service in flat roll, bar, sheet, plate, tube, and pipe in stainless, nickel, aluminum, carbon, and titanium.

United Performance Metals is a supplier of specialty stainless steel and high-temperature alloys.