Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) named John S. Minich as president, ATI Forged Products business unit, and Robert S. Wetherbee as president, ATI Flat Rolled Products business unit. Minich will report to John D. Sims, executive vice president, ATI High Performance Components Group. Wetherbee will report to Terry L. Dunlap, executive vice president, ATI Flat Rolled Products Group.
Minich has been with ATI since 1981. He was named vice president and general manager of ATI’s Cudahy, WI forging operations in September 2012. Previously, he was vice president and general manager, primary operations, engineering, procurement, and environmental health and safety at ATI’s Flat Rolled Products business unit since 2006. Prior to 2006, in addition to various metallurgical engineering roles, he was general and product manager of sheet, plate and Precision Rolled Strip products from 1993 to 2000.
Wetherbee was president of ATI’s tungsten materials business from 2010 through the end of 2012. In early 2013, he was named president and CEO of Minerals Technologies, a position he held until February 2014. Prior to joining ATI in 2010, Wetherbee had a 30-year career at Alcoa, which included important leadership positions in operations, marketing, business development and finance.
