The Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co. SE has appointed Karsten Lork as a member of the Company's Management Board with responsibility for Europe and Asia. Karsten Lork, who will take up office on February 1, 2013.

Following various management positions in the Krupp and subsequently the ThyssenKrupp Group, Mr. Lork was most recently Chief Sales Officer and member of the board of the Inoxum Group (previously the ThyssenKrupp Stainless Segment), now owned by Outokumpu. Going forward, Mr. Lork will take over responsibility for the Europe and Asia activities, of which CEO Gisbert Rühl is currently acting head. This completes an expansion of the Management Board announced some time ago.