Thyssenkrupp to keep on implementing steel JV with Tata - CEO

DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp's <TKAG.DE> interim chief executive dismissed speculation that it would pull out of its steel joint venture with India's Tata Steel <TISC.NS> in the wake of management upheaval at the German industrial conglomerate.

"The contrary is the case," Guido Kerkhoff told Reuters on the sidelines of a company event in Duisburg on Thursday. "We are continuing to implementing the joint venture with Tata Steel with all our strength."

(Reporting by Tom Kaeckenhoff; writing by Douglas Busvine; editing by Thomas Seythal)