Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.alcoa.com) announced that Nahla A. Azmy has joined Alcoa as vice president, Investor Relations. Azmy had been vice president, Investor Relations and Communications for Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a leading global specialty chemicals company. She succeeds Kelly…
P.T. Indonesia Chemical Alumina (ICA), a joint venture (JV) owned by Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) and PT Antam (Persero) Tbk (Antam), of Indonesia, has started commercial operation of its new chemical alumina plant established in the Tayan…
The Board of Directors of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, www.toyo-eng.co.jp) have announced the appointment for the offices of president and chief executive officer (CEO). Effective April 1, 2015, current Director and senior executive officer Kiyoshi Nakao will take the…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.co.jp/en) will boost the ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH resin) production capacity of EVAL Europe N.V., a wholly owned Kuraray subsidiary located in Antwerp, Belgium. The capacity increase will add 11,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) have reached the first milestone of the BioMA+ project, which is financed by the French “Investissements d’ Avenir” State program. The project aims at developing a renewable value chain to methacrylic acid, a key constituent…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) announced that Ann Bui has been named Managing Director for water services in the company's Management Consulting business. She is based in Los Angeles. Bui will guide sales, marketing and performance management. Bui…
DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that it has appointed Edward D. Breen and James L. Gallogly as independent Directors to its Board, effective immediately. The appointments of Breen and Gallogly have been made in anticipation of two current DuPont directors,…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com), the world leader in serving science, announced that it has acquired Advanced Scientifics, Inc. (ASI), a global provider of single-use technologies for customized bioprocessing solutions, for $300 million in cash. ASI designs, manufactures…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. The two companies, to be named prior to closing, will be “New Grace,” comprised…
Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.styrolution.com) recently launched a pilot styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in Antwerp. The new plant will produce all of Styrolution's SBC grades and includes capabilities for the processing of other polymer types. An identical but scaled-down…