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Anton Lukac
Anton Lukac
Vice President-Supply Chain & Customer Service
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Anton Lukac, a native of Martin, in the Slovak Republic, graduated from Technical University in Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 1982, he joined
VSZ, a diversified Slovak corporation, as a maintenance technologist in the company’s cold rolling mill. Over time, Mr. Lukac advanced and led the microelectronic, technical development, engineering, and accounting and finance departments at the company. In 1996, he was appointed financial director of VSZ
OCEL, a steel manufacturing company that was part of VSZ Group. Mr. Lukac served as project manager for a
VSZ-U. S. Steel joint venture from 1998-1999 and was then named vice president of technology for VSZ and chairman of VSZ
OCEL.
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When U. S. Steel acquired the steel operations and related assets of VSZ Group in November 2000 to form U. S. Steel Košice
(USSK), the largest fully integrated, flat-rolled steel producer in Central Europe, Mr. Lukac was appointed vice president for strategic implementation and reported directly to USSK’s president. In that position, he was responsible for USSK’s pipe and heating radiator operations, had oversight for 18 USSK domestic and foreign subsidiaries, supported regional development through the Economic Development Center, and led USSK’s due diligence teams in exploring new business opportunities for U. S. Steel in Europe.
In July 2003, Mr. Lukac was named plant manager of U. S. Steel’s Clairton Plant near Pittsburgh, the largest and most environmentally progressive by-product coke making plant in the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Lukac advanced to plant manager-Edgar Thomson Plant, a primary steel making facility that is part of the company’s Mon Valley Works, in December 2006. He was named general manager-Mon Valley Works in January 2007 and was responsible for overseeing operations at all four Mon Valley Works facilities: the Edgar Thomson Plant (primary operations) in Braddock, Pa.; the Irvin Plant (finishing) in West Mifflin, Pa.; the Clairton Plant (coking and coal chemical operation) in Clairton, Pa.; and the Fairless Plant (galvanizing) near Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed vice president-engineering & technology in March 2008 with responsibility for research and development activities at the company’s Research and Technology Center in Munhall, Pa., Automotive Center in Troy, Mich., and USSE Research in Košice, Slovakia. He also oversaw engineering; coke battery assessment, reliability and rehabilitation; and blast furnace engineering and technology activities across the company.
Mr. Lukac was named to his current position in December 2009 and is responsible for the company’s business planning, logistics services, processed products and customer service organizations.
Mr. Lukac is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Association of Iron and Steel Technology, and the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute.
12-01-2009
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