Before ThyssenKrupp Steel USA decided to sell its complex in Calvert, before the $5 billion facility was even built, Ulrich Albrecht-Frueh was in Alabama, helping plan the future of the Washington County plant.

Albrecht-Frueh, or Uli, as many in Mobile call him, is the departing CEO of ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA. Named to the position in August 2007, Albrecht-Frueh also served on the ThyssenKrupp site selection team that chose the Mobile area for the steel mill...

Click here to read the Mobile Press-Register's interview with Albrecht-Frueh.