As part of the strategic reorientation of Ferrostaal AG (Essen, Germany; www.ferrostaal.com), a global provider of industrial services in plant construction and engineering, the company is streamlining its organization. The Executive Board will be reduced from five to four members.…
GE Energy (Atlanta, Ga.; www.ge-energy.com) has announced that Dan Heintzelman, currently CEO of GE Energy Services, has been named CEO of GE Oil & Gas. Heintzelman succeeds Claudi Santiago, who has served as CEO of GE Oil & Gas for…
The M&G Group (Tortona, Italy; www.gruppomg.com), has selected Corpus Christi, Tex., as the location for construction of its previously announced 1-million metric tons (m.t.) per year polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and accompanying 1.2-million m.t./yr purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants. For more…
Thomas Wessel has been appointed to the executive board of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) as chief human resources officer effective September 1, 2011. Wessel is currently a member of the board of management and chief human resources officer…
Specialty-chemical producer Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has appointed Dr. Hans-Joachim Müller member of the executive committee. He will join the company on July 1, 2011 and will be responsible for the two business units: Catalysis & Energy and Functional Materials.…
NewAge Industries (Southampton, Pa.; www.newageindustries.com) has completed the installation of a one-megawatt rooftop solar-panel system, which supplies half of the plastic tubing manufacturer's energy needs. The project started last summer with upgrades to NewAge Industries’ roof. Solar panels now cover…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.us.endress.com) has opened a new production facility in Greenwood, Indiana. The 12,000-ft2 manufacturing plant will build temperature sensors, thermowells, transmitters, recorders, flow computers, safety barriers, displays and other instrumentation to meet the increasing demand for this instrumentation…
The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced that Hans Wijers, CEO, has decided to step down, effective at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2012. Ton Büchner will be the new CEO, pending…
Question: What standard, guideline or regulation should I use to create a cybersecurity program, or should I wait until a standard is finalized? Answer: Waiting until a cybersecurity standard is explicitly selected, accepted and enforced is a mistake for two…
The M&G Group (Tortona, Italy; www.gruppomg.com), a major producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has announced that it will build a next-generation-technology PET plant in the U.S., co-located and fully integrated with a new PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant at the…