Nucor announces executive retirement

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced that Daniel R. Needham, executive vice president of commercial, plans to retire June 20.

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He joined Nucor in 2000 as controller at Nucor Steel Hertford County and subsequently served as controller of Nucor Steel Decatur LLC and Nucor Steel Utah. Needham later served as general manager of Nucor Steel Connecticut Inc., Nucor Steel Utah and Nucor Steel Indiana. He was promoted to vice president in 2016 and to Executive Vice President in 2021. 

"Over nearly 26 years with Nucor, Dan brought exceptional leadership and a deep commitment to our culture and teammates,” says Nucor Chair and CEO Leon Topalian. “His experience across multiple operations and communities strengthened our position in the North American steel industry and helped position the company for continued success. We are grateful for Dan's many contributions and wish him and his family all the best in the next chapter.”

Nucor and its affiliates manufacture steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The company operates electric arc furnaces to produces carbon and alloy steel in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead doors; steel grating; wire and wire mesh; and utility structures. Through The David J. Joseph Co. and its affiliates, Nucor also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron/direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap.