Leadership & People 2010

• Dow Appoints New Country Manager For Malaysia
  The Dow Chemical Company, the specialty chemicals and advanced materials company, has appointed James Thong as Country Manager for Malaysia.
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• FKuR expands to North America
  At the beginning of 2010, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (Willlich, Germany) began operations of its newly founded subsidiary, FKuR Plastics Corporation, in Cedar Park, Texas, USA with a team of 4 people.
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• New Management Team at Elemica Following Merger With RubberNetwork
  Elemica announced the appointment of a new management team following the merger with RubberNetwork.
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• GE Oil & Gas Strengthens Drilling & Production Portfolio with Downhole Oilfield Technology
  GE Energy announced that its Oilfield Technology (OFT) business, has been realigned from GE Energy Services to GE Oil & Gas.
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• Mboweni Named Nampak Chair, Ending Government Career (Update2)
  Former South African central bank Governor Tito Mboweni was named chairman of Nampak Ltd., Africa’s second-biggest packaging maker, indicating he may not pursue a career in the government.
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• Syrris establishes Brazilian subsidiary
  Syrris established its new Brazilian subsidiary at the beginning of January 2010. With offices on four continents and an expanding distributor network, the new office in São Paulo will enable Syrris to provide efficient and direct support to its rapidly expanding Latin American customer base.
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• Shell, Dow Chemical CEOs hope to increase investment in China
  The CEOs of Shell and Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) , two oil and chemical giants in the world, have said they are willing to expand investment in China as the country is increasingly important on the global stage.
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• ConocoPhillips launches PP business
  ConocoPhillips Co. has launched its own Copylene-brand polypropylene business.
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• Dow Corning Expands Central & Eastern Europe Operations
  Dow Corning has expanded its presence in Central Europe with a new commercial office in Warsaw, Poland. The company intends to work more closely with local businesses as they focus on modernization, improved efficiency and sustainable growth. 
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• Dow Finalizes Sale to Arkema of Acrylic Acid, Esters and Specialty Latex Assets in North America
  Arkema and The Dow Chemical Company announced jointly that they have closed Dow’s divestiture to Arkema of its acrylic acid and esters business located at Clear Lake, Texas and its UCAR Emulsion Systems specialty latex business in North America.
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• Petrobras restructures Petrochemical Segment
  Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Química S.A. – Petroquisa (jointly, Petrobras), together with Odebrecht S.A and Braskem S.A announced the Investment Agreement executed by the companies which set the conditions pursuant to which Petrobras will consolidate its investment in the petrochemical segment. 
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• Jukka Havia appointed Tikkurila's new CFO
  Jukka Havia, 41, Master of Science (Econ. & Bus. Admin.) has been appointed Tikkurila's CFO and member of the management board as from April 16, 2010.
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• LANXESS to build €30m membrane filtration facility in Germany
  LANXESS will build a new chemical plant at its Bitterfeld site in Germany as part of the group’s strategy to further expand into the water treatment business, the German specialty chemicals and rubber producer said on Thursday.
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• Chevron's Richmond refinery likely to close-paper
  Chevron Corp (CVX.N) is likely to close its oldest refinery, in Richmond, California, in a wider restructuring of downstream operations, the local newspaper's business editor wrote in a column on Wednesday.
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• Huntsman Polyurethanes Opens New Systems House in Russia
  Huntsman Polyurethanes Russia, an entity of chemical company Huntsman, has opened a new Systems House in Obninsk, near Moscow.
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• DSM to Close Specialty Intermediates Operation
  DSM says it will close its DSM Specialty Intermediates (Sittard, the Netherlands) operation by December 31, 2010 at the latest. The business's activities, located at the Chemelot industrial site in the Sittard-Geleen area, will cease with effect from July 1, 2010, as a result.
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• AkzoNobel to Focus on Customers, Costs and Cash in 2009
  Global chemical firm AkzoNobel is to focus on customers, costs and cash as well as invest in growth markets such as Asia and Brazil, the company's CEO has said.
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• Singh named to lead Ashland Performance Materials operations in India
  Vivek Kumar Singh has been named general manager in India for Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., effective Feb. 1.
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• New Head of the Care Specialties business unit of Evonik
  As of January 1, 2010 Dr. Dietmar Moll, previously head of the Skin Care Product Line of Evonik Stockhausen GmbH, has taken charge of the Care Specialties business line of Evonik. 
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• Dr. Stefan Beckmann is the new head of Care Chemicals and Formulators Europe at BASF
  Since January 1, 2010 Dr. Stefan Beckmann has been head of the Care Chemicals and Formulators Europe unit at BASF. He succeeds Dr. Friedrich Seitz, who will be taking charge of BASF’s Competence Center Chemicals Research & Engineering.
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• WACKER to consolidate production of pyrogenic silica
  Wacker Chemie AG announced today that it is consolidating pyrogenic silica production in the context of previously announced structural improvement measures at its WACKER SILICONES division.
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• Euro Chlor appoints new Regulatory Affairs and Science Directors
  Euro Chlor, representing the European Chlor-Alkali industry, has appointed two new Directors. Mrs. Véronique Garny takes over Regulatory Affairs from Arseen Seys, who retired on 31 December 2009. Dolf Van Wijk is the new Science Director.
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• UPDATE 1-Lonza shuts three chemical sites, sheds 175 jobs
  Swiss drug industry supplier Lonza Group (LONN.VX) said on Tuesday it was closing three chemical sites to cut costs as it grapples with a challenging economic environment.
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• Guillermo Novo to Lead Dow Polyurethanes
  The Dow Chemical Company has appointed Guillermo Novo vice president of Dow Polyurethanes, a global business group that includes the Propylene Oxide, Propylene Glycol, Isocyanates and Polyols businesses. In his new assignment, Novo also takes on the role of global business director for Dow Polyols.
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