Oryx Stainless adds metals recycling veteran

Netherlands-based Oryx Stainless has announced the hiring of Kurt Wierscholowski, who most recently had served as managing director of Eisenlegierungen Handelsgesellschaft mbH in Duisburg, Germany, for the ELG-Haniel-Group. He will start with Oryx April 1.

According to an Oryx news release, Wierscholowski was with the ELG-Haniel-Group for 28 years having served with the firm both in Duisburg and at Jewometaal Stainless Processing B.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

“Throughout his career, Kurt Wierscholowski has gained an incredible reputation and built an enormous network in the stainless steel and special alloy sector,” comments Michael Pawlowski, chairman of Oryx Stainless Group. “We are very pleased that this very experienced colleague will now combine his strengths with our strengths.”

“Oryx Stainless, in the last years, has maintained impressive growth in stainless steel recycling,” says Wierscholowski. “Especially on a global comparison and in difficult market conditions, Oryx has been able to assert itself magnificently, without neglecting the personal bond with customers and suppliers, and also with fellow colleagues. I am very much looking forward to being able to bring my know-how to a very experienced and innovative team in a professional environment.”

Remarks Tobias Kämmer, CEO of Oryx Stainless Group, “We want to further increase our market share and to engage in new business sectors. In order to achieve this, Kurt Wierscholowski is a big asset, bringing with him a unique combination of material, processing and management expertise. His focus will, therefore, be the development of new trade segments.”

The Oryx Stainless Group, founded in 1990, focuses its on the handling and processing of stainless steel scrap into Oryx Stainless Blends. The company says its secondary raw material blends are individually adapted for respective stainless steel producers.