Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation announces the retirement of long-time President David Hazelett effective December 31, 2024 and the transition of David’s management responsibilities to the offices of Co-Managing Directors Dave Diederich and Jim St. Germain.

David will hold the title of President Emeritus as of January 1, 2025. Hazelett wishes to thank David for his many years of devoted service and contributions to the success and growth of the company and wishes him many more productive years in his retirement.

David has served as Hazelett’s second-only President since 2009, following his father, Bill Hazelett. David led Hazelett out of the financial crisis and under his leadership Hazelett established its Chinese subsidiary, introduced its successful two-meter-wide aluminum casters to the market and embarked on its promising CASTechnology™ development. In 2019, David presided over Hazelett’s celebration of the Hazelett family’s 100 years in continuous casting. He initiated a technical relationship with Ebner Industrieofenbau that led to Hazelett becoming a member of the Ebner Group in 2021. He received the Boultinghouse Award, the North American aluminum industry’s highest award, in 2023.

Dave Diederich joined Hazelett in 2003 and has served as its VP, Finance, for the past 15 years. A CPA by training, Dave’s interests and strengths are much broader than financial.

Jim St. Germain came to Hazelett in 2021 as VP, Engineering. With a solid management and technical background in the automotive and defense industries, Jim has largely transformed Hazelett’s engineering department.

Hazelett, along with the entire EBNER organization, congratulates Dave and Jim and is confident that, under their leadership, Hazelett will continue to innovate and prosper.