Kaszer Named President of Ellwood Specialty Metals

NEW CASTLE, Pa. – Mark Kaszer has been named the new president of Ellwood Specialty Metals, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Kaszer will succeed outgoing president Judy Shaffer, who earlier announced she would retire at the end of the year.

“We are thankful to Judy for her leadership, and we are proud of Mark as this promotion is a

recognition of his hard work and his numerous successes during his time with Ellwood,” said Ben Huffman, Ellwood Group president and CEO. “Mark and Judy have worked together to expand ESM’s product and service offering, and we are excited for the future of the company.”

Kaszer has worked at Ellwood for 16 years. He joined Ellwood City Forge in 2008 as a product specialist. He was named the director of sales for ESM in 2011 and helped to develop and grow ESM’s aluminum offering in the United States, Canada and Mexico. 

ESM is a distributor of tool steels and aluminum for plastic molds, die casting, forging dies and other tooling applications. ESM has operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Canada and Mexico.

Kaszer was named vice president of sales for ESM in 2021 and was a key leader in the start-up of the ESM Mexico facility, assisting with the hiring of the leadership and sales team and building inventory to increase sales volume.

Shaffer started at Ellwood Crankshaft and Machine in 1993 as a quality assurance manager, and she has served as president of ESM since 2019.

Pictured at top: Mark Kaszer, who will begin serving as president of Ellwood Specialty Metals in January.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.