Press Release

March 31, 2009

John L. Turner, President and Chief Operating Officer, retired from Allied Mineral Products, Inc. on March 31, 2009 after more than 38 years of outstanding service.  He will serve as a consultant to Allied until October 2009 in order to complete projects and facilitate the transition of top management responsibilities.
John started with Allied on December 1, 1970 after having worked for several years for the Norton Co. in Worcester, MA.  During his time with Allied, he held the positions of Sales Engineer, Product Manager and Vice President, Operations and Technology.  John was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager in 1985 and joined the Allied Board of Directors in 1987.  He has held his current position of President and Chief Operating Officer since 2001.  John will remain as a member of Allied’s Board of Directors.
John graduated from Alfred University in 1964 with a degree in Ceramic Engineering.  After two years as an officer in the Army Ordnance Corps, he joined the Norton Co. in July 1966 as a Product Engineer for induction furnace refractories.  He also served as a Manufacturing Control Engineer in Norton’s Armor Program and as a Refractory Sales Engineer before joining Allied Mineral Products.    John is a member of the American Ceramic Society, American Foundry Society and served two years as the Chairman of The Refractories Institute, an industry trade association.  In 2005, he served as President of UNITCER 2005, an international technical conference on refractories held in Orlando, Florida.    John and his wife, Elizabeth, are residents of Powell, Ohio along with their two children and their families which include four grandchildren.