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Olympic Names New Aluminum Sales Director
Written by Laura Miller
October 9, 2023
Cleveland-based service center group Olympic Steel has named a new aluminum sales director.

George R. Frost will support the growth of the company’s specialty metals division as director of national sales – aluminum. He will report to Olympic’s VP of specialty metals, Andrew Wolfort, the company said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 9.
“Specialty Metals is our fastest-growing business segment. George brings a wealth of industry, product and commercial expertise that will help fuel our continued expansion into the aluminum market. We are excited to welcome him to the team and will count on his contributions to help execute our aluminum growth strategy,” commented Andy Markowitz, Olympic’s specialty metals president.

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