Honoring the man behind the scenes Over one’s career, colleagues frequently come and go — sometimes without much pomp or circumstance marking their departures. In fact, an employee with five or more years working with a single company has come…
Coote Roscoe VanDyke Reichert Welp Arthur D. Little (London) appoints Joseph L. Coote as global energy and chemicals practice leader. Aaron Cunningham is named marketing specialist at Oseco (Broken Arrow, Okla.). Choren Industries (Freiberg, Germany) appoints Marcell Ulrichs CEO. Peter…
Brandmeier Mueller Shott Hook Lee Michael Brandmeier becomes senior vice-president of Toray Plastics (America) Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.) and joins its board of directors. Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.) promotes David Anton to senior vice-president, research and development, and John…
Gustavsson. Lepoutre Dudas Cappellino Magnarini Jonas Gustavsson becomes president of the Kanthal heating systems product line of Sandvik Materials Technology (Sandviken, Sweden). GE Water (Vista, Calif.) appoints Frederick Liberatore global director of process separations. Thomas Walter and Charles Prisco become…
Oosterveer Thorne Matlas Pillion Lostak Peter Oosterveer becomes president of energy & chemicals for Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), based in Haarlem, Netherlands. RathGibson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) names Kirk Thorne vice-president of sales and marketing. Matcor (Doylestown, Pa.) names Matt Matlas senior…
Clements Murray Davidson McCarty Rummel John Paterson becomes vice-president of Ross Mixing, Inc. (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), a division of Charles Ross and Son Co. (Hauppauge, N.Y.). Paratherm Corp. (West Conshohocken, Pa.) promotes Rich Clements to COO and vice-president of…
Michael D. (Mike) Wood becomes business manager for the SOLVAir Products Group of Solvay Chemicals (Houston). Linde North America (Murray Hill, N.J.) names Warren Arenz head of safety, health, environment and quality. Luis Duran is now the business development…
Oliver Lawal becomes vice-president at Aquionics (Erlanger, Ky.). Edwards (Crawley, West Sussex, U.K.) names Ron Krisanda operations and technology director. Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.) appoints Pieter Neethling to the newly created position of solutions executive, mining and metals. Richard Schloesser…
With great sadness, we report that Takeshi Kamiya, former contributing editor of Chemical Engineering, passed away on January 2, 2009 at the age of 76 after his struggle with cancer. Readers of this department appreciate Takeshi’s contributions, having provided 2…
Stephen Weinberg joins Audubon Engineering Solutions (Houston, Tex.) as director of process technology. Haws Corp. (Sparks, Nev.) names William O’Keefe corporate marketing manager. Honeywell Process Solutions (Phoenix, Ariz.) appoints Normal Gilsdorf president. Bill St. Thomas becomes sales manager of North…