Salmon Joins Hydro Aluminum North America as Scrap Purchasing Manager

LINTHICUM, Md., June 2, 2009 (News Release) — Brian Salmon has joined the Extrusion Americas Division of Hydro Aluminum North America as scrap purchasing manager. Based in Baltimore, he reports to John Walters, vice president of Commercial Development.

Salmon, with more than 20 years of industry experience, will work closely with Rob Kraemer, Metals Markets, and each plant location to secure cost-effective raw materials for the three North American remelt facilities in the Extrusion Americas Division of Hydro.

Prior to joining Hydro, Salmon spent 17 years with Reynolds Metals (now Alcoa) Richmond, VA, nine years with ALSCO Metals, Raleigh, N.C., and most recently three years with Newco Metals, Pendleton, Ind. He has held multiple positions in the recycling and reclamation divisions of those companies.

Salmon resides in Richmond, Va., with his wife and four children. 

A high-resolution photo of him can be downloaded here.

About Hydro Aluminum
Hydro Aluminum North America is a division of Norsk Hydro, a Fortune 500 aluminum supplier based in Oslo, Norway, with more than 36,000 employees in more than 40 countries. Norsk Hydro is the world’s third-largest aluminum supplier. Hydro is the largest single manufacturer of primary metal and extruded aluminum products in Europe, and a leader in delivering innovative light metal solutions to the automotive and building industries worldwide.

In North America, Hydro provides aluminum solutions including supply sourcing, extrusion, finishing, and fabrication of components, as well as engineering and contract manufacturing services, for a variety of industries.

www.hydro.com/northamerica

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