Lopes Brodersen Lewis Comerford Lopes Ton Büchner, president and CEO of Sulzer AG, will become CEO of AkzoNobel NV (Amsterdam) in January 2012, when current CEO Hans Wijers steps down. Sönke Brodersen, head of research…
NORTH AMERICA ACS Fall National Meeting & Exposition. American Chemical Soc. (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-872-4600; Web: acs.org Denver, Colo. August 28–September 1 ChemInnovations 2011 Conference and Exhibition, co-located with ISA’s Houston Section Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Texas A&M Turbomachinery…
The second annual ChemInnovations Conference and Expo will take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from September 13–15. Billed as the ultimate venue to discovering breakthrough ideas, emerging technologies and game-changing solutions in the chemical process…
Derbyshire Thibodeaux Wakeham Bucklew Bloemhard John Derbyshire becomes president of KBR Technology (Houston). Doug Keith is promoted to president of the drive technologies division of Siemens Industry (Atlanta, Ga.). Travis Thibodeaux becomes director of operations support for Multi-Chem (Houston), a…
Curley Fenerty Valore Roberts Macklin Mark Larsen becomes senior vice president of the Hygienic Div. of Alfa Laval, Inc. (Kenosha, Wisc.). Sandmeyer Steel (Philadelphia) names John Curley III vice president of international sales and global marketing, and Shawn Fenerty vice…
NORTH AMERICA AWMA Annual Conference & Expo. Air & Waste Management Assn. (Pittsburgh). Phone: 412-232-3444; Web: awma.org Orlando, Fla. June 21–24 BioPlastek 2011. Schotland Business Research (Skillman, N.J.). Phone: 609-466-9191; Web: bioplastek.com New York, N.Y. June 27–29 BIO…
Mroz Aydin Dumba Simm Sipla Chester Mroz becomes president and CEO of Yokogawa Corp. of America (Houston), the North American division of Yokogawa Electric Corp. Alaaddin Aydin becomes sales director for Germany for Maag Group (Grossostheim, Germany), a maker of…
North America 2011 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting. Materials Research Soc. (Warrendale, Pa.). Phone: 724-779-2754; Web: mrs.org San Francisco, Calif. April 25–29 The 5th Annual Energy Efficiency Finance Forum. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 704-341-2376;…
North America TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Minerals, Metals & Materials Soc. (Warrendale, Pa.). Phone: 724-776-9000, ext. 243; Web: tms.org San Diego, Calif. February 27–March 3 Personal Care Products Council Annual Meeting. Personal Care Products Council (Washington, D.C.). Phone:…
Many of you know of a company — perhaps your own employer — that has recently commercialized an innovative process, product, or other chemical-engineering development. If so, we would like to hear from you. Nominations are open for this magazine’s…