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US: Jon K Tabor, the Chairman Emeritus of Allied Mineral Products, is to retire at the end of March 2020. He celebrates 50 years with Allied on 16 February 2020. He will remain on Allied’s board of directors following his retirement.

Tabor started a 65-year career in the refractories industry in 1955 when he started working for Norton Company (Saint-Gobain), in Worcester, Massachusetts. He joined Allied as Sales Manager in 1970, when Allied was a small company. Tabor helped transform Allied from a two-man partnership into a multi-national corporation with almost 1000 employees in 25 countries, and manufacturing facilities in eight countries and four US states. His Allied career has included the roles of Sales Manager, Vice President of Sales, President, chief executive officer (CEO), Chairman, and most recently, Chairman Emeritus. Notably, he led the transformation of Allied to an employee owned (ESOP) company in 1986.

Tabor attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, served in the US Army and Army Reserves; graduated from Alfred University in 1955 and earned an MBA from Northeastern University in 1962.

China: Allied Minerals has commissioned a refractory production plant in Tianjin, 5km away from its existing plant in the city in Hebei province. Former Allied Minerals corporate vice president Tom Gibson explained: “We’ve built more than manufacturing plants and offices. We’ve built bridges.” The new plant will increase Allied Minerals’ supply of refractory products to cement producers in and around the city, which is located near the coast 100km from Beijing.

US: Allied Minerals has completed a US$11m upgrade to its Pell City plant in Alabama. The refractories manufacturer has been working on the project since mid-2018. The company originally operated two sites in Alabama at Anniston and Pell City. After it purchased Riverside Refractories in 2017 it decided to focus on the Pell City unit.

US: Jon R Tabor has been appointed as the chairman of Allied Mineral Products. He succeeds Jon K Tabor who becomes Chairman Emeritus of the refractory producer. Paul Jamieson, Corporate Vice President of Steel and Domestic Foundry, has been promoted to President.

In the role of chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Jon R Tabor will retain responsibility for international and affiliate operations, Research and Development, Strategy, Finance, and the global scope of all other departments. Jamieson will take over Columbus-based Domestic Sales, Domestic Operations and Human Resources and report to Tabor.

Allied Mineral Products acquired the monolithic refractory and precast shapes producer Pryor Giggey in early 2017. It also plans to open a production plant in Russia.