UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 11, 2009
Harsco
Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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1-3970
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23-1483991
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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350
Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill PA
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17011
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: 717-763-7064
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. Other
Events.
On May
11, 2009, Harsco Corporation issued a press release announcing the appointment
of Galdino Claro as the new CEO for its global Harsco Metals business group,
effective June 1, 2009. Mr. Claro will be based in the United States, heading up
a new global headquarters organization for Harsco Metals that will be relocated
from the United Kingdom.
A copy of
the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release dated May 11,
2009
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Harsco
Corporation
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May
12, 2009
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(Registrant)
/s/
Mark E. Kimmel
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(Date)
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Mark
E. Kimmel
Senior Vice President, Chief
Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release dated May 11,
2009
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EXHIBIT
99.1
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Investor
Contact
Eugene M. Truett
717.975.5677
etruett@harsco.com
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Media
Contact
Kenneth
D. Julian
717.730.3683
kjulian@harsco.com
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
HARSCO
NAMES CEO FOR ITS GLOBAL HARSCO METALS BUSINESS GROUP
HARRISBURG,
PA (May 11, 2009) . . . Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation
(NYSE: HSC) announced today the appointment of Galdino Claro as the new CEO of
its global Harsco Metals business group, effective June 1, 2009. Mr.
Claro will be directly responsible for more than 160 locations in over 30
countries employing approximately 11,500 people.
Mr. Claro
comes to Harsco with nearly 30 years of executive leadership experience in the
worldwide metals industry, including 20 years as an international operations
executive within Alcoa Inc. where he led the strategic growth of operations in
the Asia-Pacific, European and Latin American regions. He joins
Harsco from Aleris International Inc., a Texas Pacific Group company and a
global leader in the aluminum rolling and recycling industries, where he served
as CEO of Aleris Americas. Prior to Aleris, Mr. Claro was the
president and CEO of the metals processing group of Heico Companies LLC, a
Chicago-based firm specializing in acquiring underperforming companies and
growing them into industry leaders.
With
Alcoa, Mr. Claro managed the development and expansion of a number of
international operations, including four years as president of Alcoa China where
he was responsible for Alcoa’s eight joint venture and wholly-owned operations
in China and Korea. His responsibilities included a strategic
alliance with China’s largest aluminum and alumina producer as well as several
aluminum rolling and hard alloys extrusion operations, five sales and
representation offices, a global sourcing operation and a logistics
center. He was also responsible for forming a local mergers and
acquisitions office and creating a mapping methodology for growth opportunity
identification, analysis and due diligence. Under Mr. Claro’s tenure,
Alcoa became the largest foreign investor in the Chinese aluminum
industry.
In
Europe, Mr. Claro served as president of Alcoa Europe Extrusions headquartered
initially in Milan, Italy and later in Geneva, Switzerland, with
responsibilities for 20 operating facilities in nine European countries. He
has also led operations and innovation for Alcoa’s global packaging group based
in New York, overseeing nearly 80 manufacturing and product innovation
centers. In Brazil where Mr. Claro started with Alcoa, he held
several manufacturing, technology, sales and marketing positions including
managing director for Alcoa CargoVan. Prior to joining Alcoa in Brazil, he was
employed by Motogear-Honda as a quality control manager and by Alcan as a cold
mill rolling technician. Mr. Claro is certified as an expert in total
quality by the International Labor Office in Chiba, Japan, speaks five languages
and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Taubate in
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Commenting
on the appointment, Harsco Chairman and CEO Salvatore D. Fazzolari said, “From
challenge comes opportunity, and we see the current downturn in the global steel
and metals industries as the right time to strengthen our position, build our
leadership team for the future, and secure additional momentum for the
inevitable market recovery. Galdino brings to us the broad-based
global experience and perspective that will be essential as we build from our
current base to achieve our greater objectives for Harsco Metals as a global
leader serving the world’s most advanced and progressive companies within the
larger metals sector.” Mr. Fazzolari noted that Harsco has been
steadily adding to its global leadership team to prepare for future growth and
that today’s announcement continues a process that has already seen the
announcement of several key leadership appointments within the past several
months.
Mr. Claro
will be based in the United States, heading up a new global headquarters
organization for Harsco Metals that will oversee the group’s regional
headquarters throughout the world. He will be responsible for
executing a number of key strategies of the Company including emerging market
growth, as well as customer and market diversification. He will report to
Geoffrey D. H. Butler, who as Harsco’s president and member of the Company’s
Board of Directors will continue his overall responsibilities for the Company’s
operations and strategic business objectives.
Harsco
Corporation is one of the world’s leading diversified industrial services
companies, providing essential services and equipment to key industries that
play a fundamental role in worldwide economic growth and recovery, including
infrastructure, metals, railways and energy. Harsco’s common stock is
a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index.
Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.
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