The board of directors of OJSC Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant at a meeting on December 24, 2014 decided to terminate the responsibilities of CEO Vitaly Sadykov ahead of time. Alexander Grubman was appointed the new CEO of ChTPZ. He also heads the management board.

Grubman was elected for three years. He will start at his new post on January 1, 2015. Sadykov will focus on the development of Rimera.

Grubman held the post of first deputy CEO of ChTPZ since 2014 and joined the management board of the plant. Earlier he headed the company Severstal Russian Steel, a division of OJSC Severstal.