U. S. Steel - Automotive Center - President Schuster Visit

Visit by President of Slovakia, Rudolph Schuster

4-11-2003

During his visit to Michigan, President Schuster made a stop at our Automotive Center. He and his delegation were greeted by:

The President of U. S. Steel, John Surma

Executive Vice President, John Goodish

Vice President, Paul Kadlic

General Manager - Automotive, John Peters

Technical Director, Mike Juddo

During the President's visit he was given a short presentation about U. S. Steel and the Automotive Center. He was also given a tour of the technical facilities of the Automotive Center.

John Peters talking about the Automotive Center.

The tour of our facility involved the following areas:

CAE Room - A crash simulation and some part designs were on screen to show the President what we do there.

Metallography Lab - Our electron microscope contained a steel sample and was zoomed in and out between 100x and 9000x just to show some of the capabilities of the microscope.

High bay - We had different steel samples and parts available for comparing various steels and grades.

Mechanical Test Lab - Short descriptions were given at each machine to give the President an overview of our testing capabilities. Many test samples were laid out so positive and negative test results could be shown.

Mike Shih talks about the dent tester.

Alexsy Konieczny talks about some test samples and the tests we can do here.

After the tour, all of the Automotive Center's employees gathered in the atrium for a short talk from John Surma, John Goodish, and President Schuster. After their talks there was an exchange of gifts, as seen in the pictures.

John Surma presented a panoramic
cityscape of downtown Pittsburgh.

Paul Kadlic presented a diecast model
Hummer as a symbol of what we do.

President Schuster presents a cut glass
(crystal) bowl to John Surma.

President Schuster talking to the employees
at the Automotive Center.

President Schuster holds up the hockey
jersey he received. The jersey is of
Ottawa Senators player #18 Marian
Hossa a fellow Slovakian