Alcoa appoints two new execs

Cleveland, OH-based Alcoa Wheel Products is making two upper level executive changes. Tim Myers has been named vp & gm for its Commercial Vehicle Wheels division, replacing Robert Sitzwohl, who retired in late 2005. Douglas T. Dietrich will replace Myers as vp & gm for Alcoa’s Auto Wheels division, which includes the Forged Specialty Wheels and Cast Auto Wheels.

Myers is now responsible for Alcoa truck wheel plants in Hungary, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Russia, and Cleveland as well as sub-assembly and logistics sites in the U.S. and Canada. Dietrich is going to be responsible for Alcoa auto wheel facilities located in Cleveland; Lebanon, Virginia; Beloit, Wisconsin; Belaya Kalitva, Russia; and Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.