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Everchem Updates
VOLUME XXI
September 14, 2023
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September 29, 2020
$0.345/lb for Chemical Grade Propylene
September 28, 2020
September 25, 2020
Dear Valued Customer,
Effective October 5th, or as contracts allow, BASF Corporation is raising the price for all Lupranate® TDI products by $0.12 per pound.
Your BASF Account Manager will provide further details of this announced increase and is available to answer any questions you may have. We appreciate your continued support for BASF Urethane Chemicals.
September 28, 2020
September 25, 2020
Dear Valued Customer,
Effective October 5th, or as contracts allow, BASF Corporation is raising the price for all Lupranate® TDI products by $0.12 per pound.
Your BASF Account Manager will provide further details of this announced increase and is available to answer any questions you may have. We appreciate your continued support for BASF Urethane Chemicals.
September 28, 2020
DOW
John Sampson to rejoin US group as successor to head of engineering Peter Holicki
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US materials supplier Dow (Midland, Michigan; www.dow.com) has named John Sampson senior vice-president for operations, manufacturing and engineering. He is to succeed Peter Holicki, who is set to retire in 2021 after over 34 years with the company.
Dow said Sampson was previously executive vice-president for business operations at US epoxy resins specialist Olin (Clayton, Missouri; www.olin.com). Before joining Olin in 2015, Sampson had a long career with Dow, beginning in 1983 in Louisiana in polymers R&D. He will assume his new responsibilities on 1 October 2020 as part of Dow’s leadership team, and will be based in Midland, the company said.
Holicki joined Dow in 1987 in Stade / Germany. Over more than three decades, he held numerous leadership positions in sites across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including serving as global manufacturing vice president of Dow’s hydrocarbons business, the company said.
September 28, 2020
DOW
John Sampson to rejoin US group as successor to head of engineering Peter Holicki
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US materials supplier Dow (Midland, Michigan; www.dow.com) has named John Sampson senior vice-president for operations, manufacturing and engineering. He is to succeed Peter Holicki, who is set to retire in 2021 after over 34 years with the company.
Dow said Sampson was previously executive vice-president for business operations at US epoxy resins specialist Olin (Clayton, Missouri; www.olin.com). Before joining Olin in 2015, Sampson had a long career with Dow, beginning in 1983 in Louisiana in polymers R&D. He will assume his new responsibilities on 1 October 2020 as part of Dow’s leadership team, and will be based in Midland, the company said.
Holicki joined Dow in 1987 in Stade / Germany. Over more than three decades, he held numerous leadership positions in sites across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including serving as global manufacturing vice president of Dow’s hydrocarbons business, the company said.