TimkenSteel names director of tube manufacturing

July 23, 2015

CANTON, Ohio -- TimkenSteel recently promoted Carolee Vanicek to director of tube manufacturing.

Vanicek will lead all aspects of Gambrinus Steel Plant’s operations. The 250-acre Gambrinus Steel Plant in Canton, Ohio, produces seamless mechanical steel tubing that ranges from 1.9 in. to 13 in. in diameter and processes alloy steel rounds up to 13 in. in diameter.

TimkenSteel is in the midst of constructing a $40 million advanced quench-and-temper facility that will open at Gambrinus next year. Gambrinus includes three piercing mills and a variety of steel inspection and finishing operations, including three thermal treatment facilities.

Vanicek previously served as senior product manager for tube-based products. She joined the company in 1996.

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