• 1: Home
• 2: Meetings
  • 2.1: Meetings 2008-2009
    • 2.1.1: October 2008
    • 2.1.2: November 2008
  • 2.2: Meetings 2007-2008
    • 2.2.1: October
    • 2.2.2: November
    • 2.2.3: December
    • 2.2.4: January
    • 2.2.5: February
    • 2.2.6: March
    • 2.2.7: April
    • 2.2.8: May
• 3: Events
  • 3.1: Baseball
  • 3.2: Theater
  • 3.3: Golf
    • 3.3.1: Map
  • 3.4: Educational Wine Tasting
• 4: Organization
  • 4.1: Bylaws
  • 4.2: Committees
    • 4.2.1: Audit
    • 4.2.2: Awards
    • 4.2.3: Chairman
    • 4.2.4: Historian
    • 4.2.5: Constitution and Long Range Planning
    • 4.2.6: Cleveland Technical Societies Council (CTSC)
    • 4.2.7: Finance - Treasurer
    • 4.2.8: Education
    • 4.2.9: Hospitality
    • 4.2.10: Membership
    • 4.2.11: Nominating
    • 4.2.12: Publications
    • 4.2.13: Registration
    • 4.2.14: Chapter Secretary
    • 4.2.15: Social
    • 4.2.16: Student Affairs Committee
  • 4.3: Chapter History
  • 4.4: Nominations
• 5: Education
  • 5.2: Casting Technology
    • 5.2.1: Presentations
    • 5.2.2: Registration
• 6: Directory
• 7: Buyer's Guide
  • 7.2: Buyer's Guide by Company
  • 7.3: Category Guide
  • 7.4: Manage Buyer's Guide
• 8: Sustaining Members
• 10: Jobs
• 11: Contact
• 13: Pay Online

 As vice president - automotive applications for the Steel Market Development Institute, a business unit AISI, Ron focuses on advancing the use of steel in the highly competitive automotive materials market. His responsibilities include leadership of the Automotive Applications Council, a group of member steel producers, in automotive research, education and technology transfer activities. He also coordinates the steel input to the Auto/Steel Partnership and other steel-related consortia.

Krupitzer has held various research and production positions within the steel industry.   His steel industry experience includes product development, formability research, and implementation of steel mill processes including calcium injection, controlled rolling and continuous casting of new steel grades.

Krupitzer has also held both engineering and manufacturing positions at Chrysler.   He managed sheet metal engineering and high tech steel development in the Chrysler Materials Engineering Department.   As a manufacturing senior manager, he was responsible for production and quality at Chrysler’s Warren Stamping Plant. He directed the effort to obtain initial ISO 9002 registration for the facility. He headed a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) integration team to improve maintenance practices throughout Chrysler’s stamping division.