Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation Announces Appointment of Kyle Lorentzen to Chief Operating Officer
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation today announced that effective May 5, 2008, Kyle Lorentzen became its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Mr. Lorentzen, age 42, most recently served as Vice President of Corporate Development with Berry Plastics Corporation (BPC). Prior to his tenure in that role, Kyle served as VP of Strategic Development for Covalence Specialty Materials, which merged with BPC under the common control of Apollo Management, L.P. Before working for Covalence, Mr. Lorentzen served as Vice President of Finance for Hexion’s Epoxy and Phenolics Division. He came to Hexion from Borden Chemical, where he was Director of Finance, when the two companies merged under the common control of Apollo Management, L.P. to form Hexion. Other assignments include various financial, strategic and business roles for Hampshire Chemical and W.R. Grace. Mr. Lorentzen holds a BA in Economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.
“Kyle is a very talented business leader. We are extremely pleased to have Kyle join the Noranda team,” said Company President and CEO, Layle K. (Kip) Smith.
As COO of Noranda, Mr. Lorentzen’s chief mandate is to oversee the overall operations of the Company’s upstream and downstream businesses. Mr. Lorentzen stated, “I am pleased to be joining Noranda and look forward to working with the management team in the Primary Aluminum and Rolling Mills businesses.”
About the Company
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation is a leading North American integrated producer of value-added primary aluminum products, as well as high quality rolled aluminum coils. The company has two businesses. The primary metals business, or upstream, produces approximately 259,000 metric tons of primary aluminum annually. The Rolling Mills, or downstream business, is one of the largest foil producers in North America and a major producer of light gauge sheet products. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation is a private company owned by affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P.