Ferroglobe PLC announced that it has appointed Craig Arnold as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. Mr. Arnold succeeds Jeff Watson, who chose to step down from his position to pursue other interests while being closer to his family in the United States. Since joining Dow in 1997, Mr. Arnold has held a number of senior leadership roles globally. Most recently, he served as President of Dow Sub-Saharan Africa where he was responsible for developing Dow’s growth strategy for the region. Prior to that, Craig was Commercial Vice President for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India for Dow Industrial Solutions, where he was responsible for providing strategic direction, marketing and regional business performance of a portfolio of products, leveraged across multiple markets, to enable the business to perform better, faster and cleaner.
Ferroglobe PLC is a producer of silicon metal and silicon-based alloys, variety of industrial and consumer products. The Company operates through four segments: United States of America, Canada, France, and Spain. It is involved in quartz mining activities in Spain, the United States, Canada; and South Africa, low-ash metallurgical coal mining activities in the United States, and interests in hydroelectric power in France. It sells its products to a diverse base of customers in a varied range of industries, such as aluminum, silicone compounds used in the chemical industry, ductile iron, automotive parts, renewable energy, photovoltaic (solar) cells, electronic semiconductors, and steel. Its solutions include silicon metal, manganese alloys, ferrosilicon, foundry products, calcium silicon, silica fume, electrodes, pulverized products, silicon for advanced technologies, and other. The Company's subsidiaries include Ferroglobe Finance Company PLC, and Ferroglobe Holding Company Ltd.