Athanassiadis has held leadership positions for over 17 years in multisite manufacturing, operations and team development in both North America and Europe. He recently served as chief operating officer at Metal Technologies. Before that, he served in the same role at Evantic and started his career at Parker Hannifin. He has a master’s degree in industrial management and a mechanical engineering degree from University of Burgundy.

“JM has a strong track record of improving safety, strengthening processes and building high-performing teams at every stop in his journey. We are confident he’ll bring that same leadership and energy to the Sharon Tube operations,” said Tom Muth, president of pipe and tube at Zekelman Industries.