October 07, 2008

NanoSteel appoints Mr Baker to board of director

The NanoSteel Company, a leader in the development and commercialization of nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies for industrial applications announced the appointment of mining industry business leader Mr Mark R Baker to its board of directors.

Mr Dave Paratore president & CEO of NanoSteel said that "I am very pleased to welcome Mr Mark Baker to NanoSteel's board of directors. His outstanding reputation as a leading advisor in the mining industry and his extensive senior management experience and strategic business planning expertise will be very beneficial to our company. Since mining is an important market for NanoSteel, I look forward to Mark making significant contributions to the future development and market share growth of our portfolio of Super Hard Steel coating solutions in this industry."

Mr Baker is a former board member and senior executive of Komatsu America, Inc. While at Komatsu, Baker led the initial product development and worldwide strategic business planning for the introduction of the first commercial autonomous haulage system in the mining industry. Before joining Komatsu, he was a co founder of Modular Mining Systems, a mining management and control system software development company in Tucson, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility, including executive vice president and director.