Leadership & People 2005

• Graham Fox Named President and CEO of Equipolymers
  Graham Fox, regional vice president Middle East Africa region, The Dow Chemical Company, has been named president and CEO of Equipolymers BV. Fox replaces Flavio Terruzzi, who was named to a new role in Dow. He will report in this role to Mike Gambrell, Dow executive vice president, Basic Plastics and Chemicals Portfolio.
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• DSM Managing Board announcement
  The Managing Board of Directors of DSM announces that Mr Henk van Dalen (53), at present member of the DSM Managing Board, has decided to pursue his career with TNT N.V. Henk van Dalen will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Dutch express, logistics and postal services group with effect from 1 April 2006.
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• Euro Chlor names new executive director
  Alistair J. Steel, managing director and UK country manager for Rhodia, will be the new executive director of Euro Chlor effective June 1, 2006. He succeeds Dr Barrie S. Gilliatt, who is retiring. Prior to being named to his current position five years ago, Mr. Steel was managing director of Rhodia Eco Services (1993-2000); business director of Staveley Chemicals Ltd/Rhone Poulenc (1987-1993) and previously held various positions with former MP United Drug Co (now Molecular Products) and Lankro Chemicals Ltd. Mr Steel, who stepped down as President of the Chemical Industries Association last month, is a former CIA Council member and chairman of its REACH Steering Committee. He is former chairman of the European Sulphuric Acid Association (1997-2001).
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• Dow Corning Chairman of Board Anderson Retires; President and CEO Burns Elected Chair
  The Dow Corning Board of Directors elected Stephanie A. Burns, president and chief executive officer, to the position of chairman at its quarterly meeting. Burns will replace Gary E. Anderson, who announced his retirement after serving as board chairman since 2001. Both changes are effective January 1, 2006.
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• Merszei Elected to Dow Board of Directors
  The Dow Chemical Company announced the election of Geoffery E. Merszei, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Merszei will serve on the Finance Committee of Dow's Board.
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• Steven Murray to head Higher Olefins and Derivatives Businesses
  Steven Murray has been named general manager for higher olefins and derivatives businesses for Shell Chemical LP, based in Houston. Since 2001 Murray has been president and CEO of Houston-based Shell Energy Services, a Shell Oil Company affiliate. Murray will remain in Houston and be responsible for the worldwide alpha olefins, detergent alcohol and ethoxylate businesses for the Shell Group.
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• Supervisory Board proposes Board of Directors Structure for Air Liquide
  At its meeting on 8th December 2005, the Supervisory Board reviewed Air Liquide's organization structure, and considering the application of the age limits provided for in the company bylaws for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, has decided to propose to the Annual General Shareholders Meeting on 10th May 2006, to return to the traditional Board of Directors structure.
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• Clariant Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
  Clariant announced that it has appointed Patrick Jany as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2006. The appointment follows the naming last month of Jan Secher as Clariant's Chief Executive designate, taking over from current CEO Roland Loesser, who will become Chairman of the Board of Directors on April 7, 2006 at the company's Annual General Meeting.
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• Appointments in Kemira Industrial Chemicals Business Area
  Dr Frank Wegener has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, SBU Organic Acids and Salts, Industrial Chemicals BA, from 7 December 2005.
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• SuppreMol launched as a new company
  Z-Cube, the corporate venture capital arm of the Zambon Group took another important step forwards in fostering pharmaceutical innovation, signing a contract to provide finance and expert support to SuppreMol GmbH.
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• New executive appointments at DSM
  The Managing Board of Directors of DSM announced the following appointments, which have been made to replace business group directors who have reached pensionable age and to fill the vacancies that have arisen due to other appointments: Mr Ben van Kooten (53), at present business group director of DSM Elastomers, will be appointed business group director of the new DSM Resins business group as of 1 March 2006.
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• Dow Corning Names New Healthcare Industry Manager
  The Dow Corning Life Sciences Industry has promoted Kevin Murphy to the position of Global Industry Manager, Healthcare. Murphy had been Global Business Development Manager for Drug Delivery, Wound Care and Oral Care in the Healthcare Business. He will report to the new Life Sciences Marketing Global Industry Director, Eriko Sakurai, who rejoined Dow Corning September 1.
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• Mayne shareholders overwhelmingly approve demerger of Mayne Pharma Limited
  Mayne Group Limited (Mayne) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the demerger of Mayne's international, injectable generic and specialty pharmaceutical operations (Mayne Pharma) from its family of domestic healthcare businesses. Shareholders also endorsed Mayne's name change to Symbion Health Limited.
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• Basell names Alan Bigman CFO, succeeding Wolfgang Mende
  Basell announced that Alan Bigman, Senior Vice President of Access Industries, will succeed Wolfgang Mende as Chief Financial Officer of Basell Holdings B.V. on January 1, 2006.
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• BASF starts up amino resins plant in Shanghai,
  BASF celebrated the start of the commercial production of its amino resins plant located at BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Company Limited in Pudong, Shanghai, China, today.
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• Akzo Nobel Opens New Chinese Powder Coatings Site
  CEO Hans Wijers yesterday officially opend Akzo Nobel's new powder coatings facility at Langfang in China. The new site - located between Beijing and Tianjin - not only consolidates the company's position as the world's largest manufacturer of powder coatings, but will also ensure that the business' growth momentum is maintained in what is the fastest-growing global market for the product.
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• Sigma-Aldrich Names Jai Nagarkatti Chief Executive Officer Effective January 1, 2006
  The Sigma-Aldrich Corporation's Board of Directors announced the appointment of Jai Nagarkatti, 58, (President and Chief Operating Officer) as President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2006. He will succeed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Harvey, 66, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Jai Nagarkatti was also elected as a member of the Board of Directors.
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• Schering-Plough Appoints New General Manager for the Netherlands
  Schering-Plough Corporation announced the appointment of Andre van de Sande as general manager of Schering-Plough BV Netherlands based in Utrecht. He replaces Theo Nieuwenhuis as general manager of Schering-Plough BV Netherlands, who was recently appointed vice president, Global Marketing, for REMICADE(R) (infliximab).
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• Clariant Announces Key Leadership Appointments
  The Board of Directors of Clariant Ltd announced after its meeting the appointment of three key leadership positions, including designating Roland Loesser as new chairman and Jan Secher as new chief executive.
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• ICI announces appointment of Chief Financial Officer
  ICI has announced the appointment of Alan J Brown as Chief Financial Officer. Alan will be joining the company in November 2005 and will join the ICI Board at that time. Alan succeeds Tim Scott who tragically died in August 2005. Alan joins ICI from Unilever where he has had a distinguished career as a senior finance professional and general manager. Until recently Alan was Executive Chairman of Unilever China & Hong Kong.
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• Merck KGaA Names New Leaders Within Ethicals Division and Corporate Development
  Merck KGaA announced organizational changes on the commercial side of its Ethicals division, creating two main sections Commercial Unit CardioMetabolic Care & Operations and Commercial Unit Oncology.
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• Velsicol Chemical Corporation announces appointment of Ross H. McMillan as President
  Velsicol Chemical Corporation announced the appointment of Ross H. McMillan as President, effective immediately.
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• Dow Corning Elects Three New Members to Board
  Dow Corning Corporation has elected three new members to its Board of Directors, increasing the membership to include four executives from each of its two shareholders, The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated.
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• Robert Sinuc to Lead Manufacturing at Cyclics
  Cyclics Corporation announced that Robert A. Sinuc has joined the company as Vice President of Manufacturing. Sinuc will lead Cyclics manufacturing in Germany as well as the effort to site future manufacturing plants to support the company's growth.
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• Wilhelm Simson Elected Chairman of Merck KGaA Supervisory Board
  Merck KGaA announced that the Supervisory Board of Merck KGaA has elected Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Simson as its new Chairman. On January 1, 2006 he will succeed Peter Z?hlsdorff, who will remain a member of the Supervisory Board.
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• PerkinElmer Announces Key Management Promotions
  PerkinElmer, Inc. announced its appointment of Robert F. Friel to Vice Chairman of the corporation. In addition, Mr. Friel will join the Company's Board of Directors. The Company also announced that it has appointed Jeffery D. Capello to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
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• Quaker Chemical Corporation Announces New $100 Million Credit Facility
  Quaker Chemical Corporation announced that it has entered into a $100 million, five-year, unsecured syndicated multicurrency revolving credit facility.
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• Startup of Arkema's new HC EVA Technical Polymer Plant in Balan (France)
  Arkema has successfully brought on stream its new High Content Ethylene - Vinyl Acetate (HC EVA) copolymer production plant at its Balan facility (Ain, France), following a 47 million euro investment.
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• GEA wins EUR 37 million order to build bioethanol plant
  GEA Wiegand, a company of GEA Group, has won an order in Slovakia to build a complete turnkey bioethanol plant. The order is worth EUR 37 million, making it the largest in the history of GEA Wiegand.
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• Finnplast Oy acquired PVC operations from Dynea Chemicals Oy
  The transaction between Finnplast Oy, a fully owned subsidiary of International Petrochemical Group S.A., Luxembourg, and Dynea Chemicals Oy regarding sale and transfer of Dynea Chemicals Oy's PVC production plant in Porvoo has been finalized on the October 13, 2005.
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• Degussa AG High Performance Polymers Increases Prices for Specialty Polymers and Monomers
  The High Performance Polymers Business Unit of Degussa AG, D?sseldorf, announces global price increases of 5 to 9% across the entire nylon-based product portfolio (VESTAMID?, VESTOSINT?, VESTAMELT? and TROGAMID?) effective November 1, 2005.
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• Akzo Nobel appoints Senior Vice President Finance
  Keith Nichols [45] has been appointed Senior Vice President Finance. He will join Akzo Nobel on December 1, 2005 reporting to Rob Frohn, Chief Financial Officer. Keith Nichols, a British national, joins Akzo Nobel from Corus Group plc where he held the position of Group Treasurer.
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• CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals Appoints George Lasezkay to its Board of Directors
  CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of George Lasezkay, Pharm.D., J.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Lasezkay will also serve on the Board's audit committee.
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• Ashland Inc. names MacDonald president, Chemical Sector China
  Ashland Inc. announced that Dale M. MacDonald has been named president, Chemical Sector China, effective November 1. The announcement was made by Gary A. Cappeline, president and chief operating officer of Ashland's Chemical Sector, to whom MacDonald will report. MacDonald most recently served as vice president for Ashland Distribution's Eastern U.S. region.
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• Elementis board changes
  Elementis plc announced that the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Gaywood, has resigned his position, and will step down from the Board with immediate effect.
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• Enzon names Dr. Ivan Horak Chief Scientifc Officer
  Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Ivan Horak, M.D. to the position of Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer. In his new position Dr. Horak will oversee all aspects of Enzon's research and development, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance activities.
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• Allon Therapeutics appoints Gordon McCauley to Board of Directors
  Allon Therapeutics Inc. announced the appointment of Gordon C. McCauley to its Board of Directors. McCauley is President and Chief Executive Officer of Allon. With the addition of McCauley to the company's Board of Directors, the total number of Allon directors is six.
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• Hugh Grant from Monsanto Company Joins PPG Industries Board
  Directors of PPG Industries have elected Hugh Grant a member of the company's board. He is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Monsanto Company.
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• Glenn Decker to Lead Cyclics as President and CEO
  Cyclics Corporation announced that Glenn J. Decker has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer. Decker will lead Cyclics through the next phases of the company's growth.
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• Leslie Mays Joins Pfizer in New Diversity Leadership Position
  Pfizer Inc announced that Leslie Mays recently joined the company as vice president of global diversity and inclusion. In this new position, Mays is responsible for developing and leading the design and implementation of global diversity strategies and plans for Pfizer.
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• Unemployment is down, salaries are up for US chemists, C&EN reports
  Unemployment among U.S. chemists has dropped to 3.1 percent this year from a record high of 3.6 percent in 2004, according to an American Chemical Society (ACS) survey reported in the Aug. 1 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS's weekly newsmagazine.
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• Empils has appointed a new Industrial Coatings Business Development Director
  Marat Gudanaev, who occupied a position of Empils' Logistics Director earlier, has been appointed Industrial Coatings Business Development Director.
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• Violent protest by Chinese farmers forces shutdown of chemical plant
  Farmers angered by toxic factory discharge they blame for destroying crops have attacked a pharmaceutical plant in eastern China, officials said Tuesday, the latest rural clash sparked corruption, pollution and other problems.
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• Professor Frank Glorius receives BASF Catalysis Award 2005
  Professor Dr. Frank Glorius from the University of Marburg today received the BASF Catalysis Award 2005 worth EUR10,000 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to catalytic processes for organic synthesis. The award was presented by Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, member of BASF's Board of Executive Directors and Research Executive Director, at the Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis, an international congress jointly organized by the University of Heidelberg, BASF Aktiengesellschaft and the long-term collaborative research project on molecular catalysts SFB 623.
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• Wyeth Announces Executive Promotions
  Wyeth announced the election of Ulf Wiinberg, 46, to the position of Senior Vice President, Wyeth and President, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals EMEA reporting to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals President Bernard Poussot. Mr. Wiinberg was previously President, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. Prior to that he was Managing Director of the United Kingdom subsidiary of Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals. He has been with the Company since 1981.
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• Board change at The BOC Group plc
  The BOC Group plc announced that Rebecca McDonald is appointed a non-executive director with effect from 1 July 2005. Ms McDonald is president, gas and power, for BHP Billiton, based in London, and is a member of the BHP Billiton executive committee. She is a director of Granite Construction Company in California and Eagle Global Logistics in Texas and sits on the advisory board for JP Morgan Chase.
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• Hilde Aasheim new Executive Vice President in Hydro
  Hilde Aasheim has been employed by Norsk Hydro ASA as Executive Vice President, responsible for Leadership and Culture (Human Resources, Health, Environment, Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility). She will be member of the Corporate Management Board and report to Eivind Reiten
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• Management Board Changes at Henkel
  The planned changes in the Management Board of Henkel KGaA have now taken place. Having reached the Company's mandatory retirement age, Klaus Morwind, Executive Vice President Laundry & Home Care, and Uwe Specht, Executive Vice President Cosmetics/Toiletries, have resigned from their offices as members of the Management Board of Henkel KGaA. Morwind's successor is Friedrich Stara (56). Specht's position has been taken over by Hans Van Bylen (44).
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• Agilent Technologies appoints Naveen Bhat vice president and general manager of OSS business in Asia-Pacific
  Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has named Naveen Bhat as vice president and general manager of its OSS business in the Asia-Pacific region
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• Klaus Moll appointed CEO of Lurgi AG
  The Supervisory Board of mg's Frankfurt-based subsidiary Lurgi AG has appointed Klaus Moll (56) as chairman of the company's Executive Board with effect from June 1. He will carry out this role alongside his existing duties as a member of the Group Executive Board of mg technologies ag with responsibility for the Plant Engineering segment.
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• Elemica Announces New CEO Mike McGuigan
  The Board of Directors of Elemica announced the appointment of Mike McGuigan as the company's new chief executive officer and president. McGuigan was previously Vice President of Digital & Communications Technology for the chemicals business at energy giant BP, as well as Chairman of Elemica's Board.
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• Van Berkel earns Biemann Medal for contributions to mass spec field
  Gary Van Berkel of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division has been awarded the Biemann Medal by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. The international award recognizes Van Berkel's achievements and contributions to better understanding the electrochemical nature of the electrospray ion source.
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• Agreement reached on restructuring at SABIC Polyolefins
  After three months of constructive discussion and negotiation between the management and the Works Council of SABIC Polyolefins at Gelsenkirchen (Germany), the two sides have reached a reconciliation of interests and agreed on a social plan.
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• Leo J. Daley Joins Board of OM Group
  OM Group, Inc. announced today that Leo J. Daley has been elected to the board of directors, effective immediately. With the addition of Daley, who will join the director class that will stand for re-election in 2007, OMG now has eight directors. Mr. Daley?s election will increase the number of independent directors to four.
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• Former Bayer AG exec will plead guilty to price-fixing scheme
  Former Bayer AG executive Wolfgang Koch will plead guilty to colluding in a price-fixing scheme that drove up the cost of rubber chemicals used to make tires, outdoor furniture and shoes in the United States during a three-year period, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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• Agilent Technologies to open new scientific training center in Shanghai
  Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it is opening a new Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis (LSCA) Technical Training Center in Shanghai. The center will be used to train scientists across the Asia-Pacific region on key measurement technologies used in food safety, environmental testing, petrochemical testing, pharmaceutical testing and life sciences.
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• Enzon Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer
  Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Kenneth J. Zuerblis, the Company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, has elected to resign from his position effective April 21, 2005, for personal reasons. The Company will promptly begin a search for his replacement and Mr. Zuerblis will continue to serve in a consulting capacity for Enzon during the transition.
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• Univar appoints Patrick Lammers Managing Director of its Dureal business
  Univar N.V. has announced the appointment of Patrick Lammers as Managing Director of its Dureal division based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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• Whatman plc - Appointment of Chief Executive
  Whatman PLC ("Whatman" or the "Company") announced the appointment of Timothy J. Haines as Chief Executive, effective from 1 Sept 2005.
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• Plastics success in Queen?s Awards scheme
  The UK plastics and packaging sectors accounted for six winners in this year?s Queen?s Awards for Enterprise, which went to a ten-year high total of 137 firms in all.
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• Worlwide lead-free certification for electronics launched by IECQ
  With legislation in the US on hazardous substances, including lead, in electronics already in place, and similar laws set to take effect in China and Europe shortly, how can electrical and electronic manufacturers be sure that their products meet the new limits being set?
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• Thermo Electron Names New Vice President and General Manager of its Informatics Business
  Thermo Electron Corporation announced that David Champagne has been named vice president and general manager of its Informatics business. Champagne succeeds Dr. Jo Webber, who recently left the company to pursue a long-held desire to return to Europe and spend time sailing the Mediterranean.
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• Dr. Martin Z?gel named Chief Executive Officer of Merz Pharmaceuticals
  Dr. Martin Z?gel was named CEO for Merz Pharmaceuticals and the dental business of the Merz Group, effective April 1, 2005. He will specifically focus on corporate strategy, new business and expansion of the company internationally, to ensure a continued organic company growth.
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• Three Asian scientists are presented with the Otto Schott Research Award 2005
  Two Japanese and one Chinese scientist, Prof. Kazuyuki Hirao, Kyoto University, Japan, Dr. Kiyotaka Miura, Kyoto University and Central Glass Co. Ltd., Japan as well as Prof. Jianrong Qiu from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, China, were named recipients of the Otto Schott Research Award 2005.
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• Celanese Names Josh Cheng as its President for China
  Celanese Corporation announced the appointment of Josh Cheng as president, Celanese China, starting May 16, 2005. Cheng succeeds George McGinn, who is assuming other leadership responsibilities within the company
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• Reichhold Names Frey Executive Vice President of Global Composites
  Reichhold, Inc. President and CEO, John Gaither announced that Doug Frey has been appointed executive vice president, global composites. In this new role, Doug will have global responsibility for the commercial operations (Sales, Marketing and Technology) of Reichhold's composites business which manufactures and supplies composite resin technologies throughout North America, South America and the EMEA region.
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• PerkinElmer Appoints Katherine O'Hara Senior Vice President and General Counsel
  PerkinElmer, Inc. announced its appointment of Katherine A. O'Hara to Senior Vice President and General Counsel, reporting to Gregory L. Summe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ms. O'Hara will lead the Company's Legal and Compliance functions.
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• Oxford Instruments: Board Changes
  Oxford Instruments plc announced that Dr Andrew Mackintosh has resigned as a Director of the Company on 31 March 2005 with immediate effect.
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• ISP Acquires BP Amoco BDO Operation
  International Specialty Products Inc. ("ISP") today announced that, through one of its subsidiaries, it has acquired the 1,4-butanediol (BDO) operations of BP Amoco Chemical Company, an indirect subsidiary of BP plc.
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• Rohm and Haas Announces Senior Management Changes
  Rohm and Haas Company announced several management changes for its leadership team, prompted by the retirement of Stephen Robinson, Vice President and Business Unit Director for Architectural and Functional Coatings, at the end of April.
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• Chiron Appoints Jack Goldstein President and Chief Operating Officer
  Chiron Corporation announced the appointment of Jack Goldstein, 57, to the position of president and chief operating officer. Dr. Goldstein has served in this capacity on an interim basis since November 2004 and previously served as president of Chiron Blood Testing.
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• Novartis receives 2005 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award
  Novartis was honored with the 2005 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award from the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) - a distinguished recognition of the company's worldwide corporate citizenship activities that benefit millions of patients in need every year.
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• KMG Chemicals Promotes Neal Butler to President; Move Positions Company for Its Next Stage of Growth
  KMG Chemicals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KMGB - News), a global provider of specialty chemicals in carefully focused markets, announced today that J. Neal Butler has been promoted to the position of president.
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• Chemical Co. Huntsman Shares Rise in IPO
  Shares of Huntsman Corp., a chemical manufacturing giant owned by the family of Utah's governor, rose 7 percent Friday on the first day of trading after the company raised $1.45 billion in an initial public offering.
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• Dow to Build New Chemical Plant in Louisiana
  Dow Chemical Company plans to close its South Charleston Alkyl Alkanolamines plant in the next two to three years and move production to a new facility in Louisiana.
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• Jobs threatened at plastics plant
  About 250 jobs are under threat at a Somerset cellophane-producing factory. Innovia Films says it has started a three-month consultation process with employees and unions on the future of its Bridgwater plant.
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• Delta loses Robson to MFI
  MFI has hired Mark Robson from Delta, the chemicals group, as chief financial officer, starting on April 1. The UK's largest furniture retailer is among a group of underperforming retail groups being talked of as potential bid targets.
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• DuPont CEO Bonus Excessive, PACE Union Workers Say
  The more than $1.4 million in salary, bonus and stock option increases given DuPont Co. CEO Chad Holliday is excessive and out of line with Holliday's dismal job performance, top labor officials said Friday.
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• Arkema to restructure PVC business
  Arkema, the chemicals and plastics company to be spun off by Total Petrochemicals, is to restructure its Vinyl Products business under a programme involving a five-year investment of E300m.
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• ADP names John Jones as a director
  The board of directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:ADP) has elected John P. Jones, III, who is 54 years old, as a director of the company. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Jones is a graduate of Villanova University. His election increases the size of ADP's board to 12 directors.
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• Huntsman Companies Pledge an Initial $1 Million to Tsunami Relief
  Peter R. Huntsman, President and CEO of the Huntsman companies, today announced an initial donation of $1 million to aid in the relief of victims of the tsunami disaster. Mr. Huntsman said $500,000 will be in cash from the company and its employees, and the company will make an additional $500,000 donation in material, supplies and similar in-kind contributions.
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