07 Oct

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Pennsylvania Business Report – October 7, 2025 Pittsburgh-based Esmark Inc., announced Oct. 3 the appointment of a new chief executive officer at its wholly owned subsidiary Esmark Steel Group. Jack Biegalski, the new CEO at Esmark Steel Group in Chicago, started his position Oct. 1, and reports to Esmark Inc. founder and Executive Chairman James Bouchard. “We are very excited to welcome Jack to the Esmark family to lead our steel group,” said Bouchard. “He brings a wealth of steel and producer industry experience to the team, and I know he will make an immediate impact on our organization, our customers, and our...

03 Oct

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Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) – October 3, 2025 Esmark Steel Group, a subsidiary of Esmark, Inc., announced it has appointed Jack Biegalski as chief executive officer, effective 1 October. Biegalski succeeds Roberto Alvarez in the position; Alvarez has been named chief executive officer of Esmark International. Biegalski will report to Esmark Inc.’s founder and executive chairman James P. Bouchard and join the executive leadership team. “[Biegalski] brings a wealth of steel and producer industry experience to the team, and I know he will make an immediate impact on our organization, our customers and our partners,” said Bouchard. Click here to read...

13 Sep

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2022 MCN Top 50 Service Centers By Dan Markham on Sep 13, 2022 Historic pricing and strong demand led to across the board sales records in the 20th year of MCN’s survey of North America’s largest service centers. Click here to download the 2022 Top 50 Service centers. Virtually every record imaginable was set in the 20th year of Metal Center News’ annual listing of the Top 50 largest service center companies in North America. The phenomenal pricing environment and explosive demand coming out of the brief COVID recession resulted in the greatest year-over-year revenue jump since MCN began tracking this data in 2002. Each...

18 Jul

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By Beth Gainer, MCN Editor on Jul 18, 2022 Rising fuel prices, supply chain issues and lack of quality drivers are plaguing transportation and logistics, leaving industry professionals wondering if there is any end in sight. Over the last year, the trucking and logistics arena has had its share of woes. The price of fuel has skyrocketed, thanks in part to the Russian war on Ukraine. That, paired with the continued lack of quality drivers, makes life difficult for transportation companies. “Fuel has been the largest change in transportation and logistics since 2021. The price of fuel is incredibly difficult to deal with...

26 May

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By Metal Center News Staff on May 26, 2022 Esmark Steel Group, a subsidiary of Esmark Inc., has promoted Don McIntyre to the position of senior vice president of purchasing. He had been serving as vice president and general manager. McIntyre has more than 30 years of experience in steel and related industries. Prior to his current role, he served as COO of Excalibur Machine and director of purchasing at Century Steel. “I have known and worked closely with Don for two decades, and he has always been a key ‘go to’ manager within Esmark,” said James P. Bouchard, Esmark, Inc. chairman and...

19 Apr

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By Metal Center News Staff on Apr 19, 2022 Ohio Coatings Company, a joint venture between Esmark Inc., and South Korea’s TCC Steel, has appointed David Luptak as its CEO. Luptak has been serving as CEO of Esmark Industrial Group. Luptak succeeds Jim Tennant, who is retiring at the end of the month after a 40-year career. Luptak joined Esmark Inc., in 2006 when Esmark acquired Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. At that time, and for several years as part of the Esmark enterprise, he served as president and COO of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. Later he served as executive vice president of mill operations...

14 Apr

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Sewickley Herald, Tribune-Review | Thursday, April 14, 2022 Esmark Inc. chairman and CEO James P. Bouchard and his long-time friend Martina Roda have made a second donation of $25,000 to aid and support Ukrainians seeking refuge in Košice, Slovakia. This is the Sewickley-based company’s second donation to City of Košice to aid Ukrainians fleeing to Slovakia. As of April 5, more than 302,700 Ukrainian refugees have entered Slovakia, according to a verified operational data portal. According to a news release, the company’s donations to the relief efforts now total $50,000. In March, Esmark announced an initial donation of $25,000 and — in an...

15 Mar

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By Metal Center News Staff on Mar 15, 2022 Esmark Inc. Chairman and CEO James P. Bouchard and Martina Roda have made an initial donation of $25,000 to aid and support Ukrainians seeking refuge in Košice, Slovakia. They will also match monetary donations made by Americans who support Ukrainian refugees up to an additional $25,000. Bouchard is a former U.S. Steel executive vice president and statutory representative of the Slovak Republic, transforming East Slovakian Ironworks, Košice – now known as U.S. Steel Košice – in Slovakia after U.S. Steel acquired it. Bouchard and Roda’s donation was made on behalf of the former...

09 Mar

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Kalea Gunderson, Reporter Ukrainian NAPHL hockey players are uncertain when they will be able to reunite with family in Lviv, Ukraine. Two Ukrainian friends and teammates are spending their freshman year of high school in Pennsylvania, traveling the country with the Esmark Stars AAA Hockey Team, but their plans to head home to visit family are uncertain as Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue. “I think America is better for me, like hockey, school, education, like future,” Vitalli Ulianov said. Vitalli Ulianov and Vladyslav Bomaziuk are staying with Kyle McLaughlin's family. A representative of the North American Prospects Hockey League said the Esmark Starts team is...