The board of directors of Open Joint Stock Company Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant announced the election of Yaroslav Zhdan as General Director and Alexander Fedorov as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. The appointments are effective from February 20. Mr. Zhdan has been working at ChelPipe since 2003. From 2004 to 2008, Zhdan founded and managed ChTPZ-Meta. Alexander Fedorov, who has headed ChelPipe since 1998, will concentrate on the strategic development of the business.