ExOne Appoints New President

The ExOne Company (North Huntingdon, PA), a global provider of three-dimensional printing machines and printed products to industrial customers, has announced that it has appointed Hans J. Sack to serve as the president of the company effective March 16, 2015.

Sack brings considerable experience in the metals and automotive industries. Accordingly, he will apply a strong base of leadership in operational, commercial, geographic and strategic matters to ExOne.

In connection with this appointment, Sack resigned from the ExOne board of directors and as the chair of the strategic oversight committee effective on March 10, 2015. Concurrently, the board reduced its size to seven members and appointed current director Raymond J. Kilmer to serve as the chair of the strategic oversight committee.

The ExOne chairman and the chief executive officer, S. Kent Rockwell, commented, “During his tenure as director, Hans has demonstrated a wealth of operational and strategic experience, leadership and keen judgment. As the president, he can be even more instrumental in the execution of our key strategic and operating plans for 2015 and beyond. We are pleased to welcome him to our executive team.”

Sack served as a member of the ExOne board of directors and as the chair of the strategic oversight committee from December 17, 2014 to March 10, 2015. Sack also served as a the managing director of Headwaters SC, a private consulting firm, from 2013 to February 28, 2015. In that position, he worked on client engagement matters relating to business growth, strategy development and implementation, operational improvement initiatives, and acquisition and consolidation strategies and related due diligence.

Prior to joining Headwaters, from 2010 to 2012, Sack served as the president and the chief executive officer of Berg Steel Pipe Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Europipe GmbH, a global leader in large diameter pipe for oil and gas pipelines. Prior thereto, he served as the president and the chief executive officer of Latrobe Specialty Steel Company, a producer of aerospace metals and tool steels owned by private equity firms, from 2006 to 2009.

From 1990 to 2006, Sack was employed by The Timken Company‘s steel business, which is now known as TimkenSteel Corporation, serving in progressively challenging operational roles which lead to the president and the chief executive officer of Timken Latrobe Steel in 1996 and becoming an officer of The Timken Company in 1998.

Sack received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Saint Vincent College and its McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government.

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