Stubblefield Howell Weston Rodriguez Evertz Ted Nelson joins Akron Rubber Development Laboratory (Akron, Ohio) as technical advisor. Michael Stubblefield becomes CEO of Avantor Performance Materials (Center Valley, Pa.), a developer of high-performance chemistries . Ronen Tchelet joins biotechnology company Dyadic…
Call for papers: Achema 2015 The organizers of Achema (Dechema; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.dechema.org) have issued a call for papers for Achema 2015, which will be held June 15–19, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main. The event is held every…
NORTH AMERICA 107th Annual AWMA Conference & Exhibition. The Air & Waste Management Assn. (AWMA; Pittsburgh, Pa.). Phone: 412-904-6031; Web: awma.org Long Beach, Calif. June 24–27 Establishing and Monitoring a Clean Manufacturing Program. Inst. of Environmental Sciences and Technology…
Kane Sandmeyer Kelley Hambrecht Johnson Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a maker of specialized insulation and glass block products, names James Kane chairman and CEO, succeeding Phillip Martineau. R. Paul Sandmeyer III joins Sandmeyer Steel Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) as materials…
Batra McMillian McCairns Martin Boyle Udit Batra becomes president and CEO of EMD Millipore (Boston, Mass.), the Life Science Div. of Merck KGaA and a supplier of solutions for biopharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing. Antwan McMillian is named manager…
NORTH AMERICA IW Best Plants 2014. Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Assn. (MESA) International (Chandler, Ariz.) and Industry Week. Phone: 216-931-9512; Web: iwbestplants.com Milwaukee, Wisc. May 5–7 Battcon 2014 — International Stationary Battery Conference and Trade Show. Albercorp/Battcon (Pompano Beach, Fla.). Phone:…
Ill Travers Wang Buscher Thuerig Bühler Aeroglide (Cary, N.C.), a manufacturer of engineered thermal-process systems, names Hans-Jörg Ill president and CEO. Detlev Rose becomes chief sales officer at Beumer Group GmbH & Co. KG (Beckum, Germany) a manufacturer of packaging,…
The International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference and Exhibition is taking place May 6–8 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. Featuring a large expo hall and a variety of technical sessions, as well as some hands-on…
Festge Kerin Schuster DiBiano Self Novasep (Pompey, France), a supplier to the life sciences industry, welcomes Thierry Van Nieuwenhove as president of the company’s synthesis business unit. Robert Kumpf becomes CTO of specialty chemicals producer Elevance Renewable Sciences (Woodridge,…
NORTH AMERICA Corrosion 2014. National Assn. of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International (Houston). Phone: 281-228-6200; Web: nace.org San Antonio, Tex. March 9–13 247th Annual ACS National Meeting. American Chemical Soc. (ACS; Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-872-4600; Web: acs.org Dallas, Tex. March…