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Torsten Derr takes over as head of Lanxess subsidiary Saltigo

  From April 1, 2016, Torsten Derr (46), currently head of the Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) Board of Management’s Commercial & Supply Chain Excellence Initiative, will take over as head of Saltigo, a subsidiary of the specialty chemicals company.…

New management team to lead Lewa-Nikkiso Industrial Division

  Since January 2016, a reformed management structure takes care of further economic growth at Lewa-Nikkiso Group (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) and drives forward the integration of the newly arranged Industrial Division. This division consists of the LEWA group, Geveke NV,…

Endress+Hauser announces changes to executive board

The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is making personnel changes to its Executive Board. Gerhard Jost, a member of the Executive Board, retired at the end of 2015. Manfred Jagiella has joined the Group’s top management panel. On June 1,…

Saudi Aramco announces senior VP appointments

The Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) has made the following appointments, effective January 1, 2016: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, senior vice president (VP), Upstream; Ahmad A. Al Sa’adi, senior vice…

Haldor Topsøe names new board members

Henrik Stiesdal and Anders Heine Jensen have been elected for the board of directors of Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com). This means that the board is expanded by two seats to twelve in total. The other board members remain…

DuPont names Edward Breen as new CEO

DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) board of directors announced that it has named Edward D. Breen the company’s chair and chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Breen has served as interim chair and CEO of DuPont since October 16, 2015, and…

LyondellBasell announces new chief financial officer

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Thomas Aebischer has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) effective Jan. 1, 2016. "Thomas is a highly experienced and accomplished leader who brings a global perspective, deep knowledge of…

New senior leadership appointed at Calgon Carbon Corp.

Calgon Carbon Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa., www.calgon.com) has announced new senior leadership appointments and operating divisions, effective January 1, 2016. This announcement follows the recent retirement decision of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Bob O’Brien. The newly created operating…

Elevance elects new CEO, Tony Parnell

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodbridge, Ill.; www.elevance.com),  a  company that creates novel specialty chemicals from natural oils, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Tony Parnell as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Parnell succeeds K’Lynne Johnson, who has…

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions names new CEO

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has announced that Jens Michael Wegmann will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) and board chairman, effective on October 15, 2015. The Industrial Solutions business area consists of four units: Resource Technologies,…