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May 1, 2025
End of an Era
Huntsman Announces Officer Changes: Tony Hankins to Retire and Steen Weien Hansen Named Division President, Huntsman Polyurethanes
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) announced today that Tony Hankins, the Division President of the Company’s Polyurethanes business unit, has elected to retire at the end of this calendar year, and that Steen Weien Hansen, currently serving as Senior Vice President, responsible for the global automotive, elastomers and the Americas business units in the Division, will be appointed Division President of Huntsman Polyurethanes effective June 1, 2025.
Mr. Hankins has had a long and storied career at Huntsman and its predecessor, Imperial Chemical Industries, starting in the company in 1980, being promoted through the ranks there on multiple occasions, helping Huntsman build its China business, and serving as one of the Company’s most trusted senior executives. He will continue to advise senior management and the Board through December 31, 2025, and support the full handover of his duties as Division President to Mr. Hansen on June 1, 2025. The Company is immensely thankful to Tony for his many years of committed service.
Mr. Hansen joined the Company with its acquisition of the polyurethanes division of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1999 in the corporate purchasing group and moved into the Polyurethanes business in a commercial capacity in Europe two years later. He spent seven years in the Company’s Advanced Materials business, serving as Vice President of its Asia Pacific operations for 4 years before returning to Polyurethanes as Vice President of its European, India and Middle East region and reporting to Mr. Hankins. Steen relocated to the United States in 2022 to focus on addressing developing challenges in the division’s global operations and Americas region.
Peter R. Huntsman, Huntsman’s President, CEO and Chairman, commented:
“During his tenure, Tony Hankins has served Huntsman with incredible distinction. His industry knowledge and creativity have made him immensely valuable to our company and he has trained and positively influenced an entire generation of managers. In this respect, I know his influence will be felt for many years to come. In his own right, Steen has built a well-deserved reputation as a fierce executor of corporate strategy over his 20-plus years at the Company. During his past three years in the United States, he has more than demonstrated strong leadership capabilities and strategic thinking. We will certainly utilize Steen’s full skillset going forward.”
About Huntsman:
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2024 revenues of approximately $6 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 60 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 25 countries and employ approximately 6,300 associates within our continuing operations. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company’s website at www.huntsman.com.
March 11, 2025
New CEO at BASF Corporation
Personnel changes at BASF
Heather Remley, President, Global Engineering Services, Ludwigshafen, will assume responsibility as President & CEO BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, effective April 1, 2025. The current CEO of BASF Corporation, Marc Ehrhardt, has decided to leave the company at his own request. Christian Aucoin, Senior Vice President, Global Operations Agricultural Solutions, Limburgerhof, will, as President, succeed Heather Remley at the same time.
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2025/03/p-25-036
January 5, 2025
Troy Lewis Joins Everchem Specialty Chemicals
Everchem announced today that Troy Lewis has joined the company as a Sales Representative.
Lewis was born and raised in NJ. He has a bachelor’s degree from Miami University (Oxford, OH) for Engineering Management with a manufacturing concentration. After graduating, Lewis moved out to California and started working as an Applications Engineer for the Computer-Aided Manufacturing software company ESPRIT. After 5 years, he moved back to NJ and got hired as a Sales Representative for Everchem Specialty Chemicals.
“It has been great working with the amazing team that Everchem has put together and I’m excited for the journey going forward and learning as much as I can about the chemical industry. I also get to work with my father who is also a sales rep, which has been awesome. My current hobbies include 3D printing, CAD, micro-controller programming, & fishing.”
– Troy Lewis
September 12, 2024
Huntsman Spray Foam President
Huntsman Appoints Douglas Brady as Its Spray Polyurethanes Foam Business President
September 11, 2024
Huntsman Corporation announced the appointment of Douglas Brady as president of Huntsman Building Solutions, its global spray polyurethanes foam business. Brady succeeds Simon Baker, who is leaving Huntsman to return to his home in England.
Brady has extensive knowledge in construction markets, with commercial and technical expertise in insulation, coatings, adhesives and sealants applications. He joined Huntsman in March 2018 with the acquisition of Demilec, a leading North American SPF insulation manufacturer. He went on to become vice president of global innovation and product management for HBS following Huntsman’s February 2020 acquisition of SPF manufacturer Icynene-Lapolla. Demilec and Icynene-Lapolla were integrated to form Huntsman Building Solutions, which is now the largest SPF company in the world.
“I’m excited that Doug has taken on the leadership of our spray foam business,” said Tony Hankins, Huntsman’s polyurethanes division president. “He has deep market expertise and a strong track record of success. Moving forward, we’re optimistic about the opportunities for the business. We aim to expand spray foam markets, reduce energy costs and improve home affordability within the new building code landscape.”
Huntsman Building Solutions is a business unit within Huntsman’s polyurethanes division.
August 13, 2024
Feyyaz Baskent Passes
Feyyaz Omer Baskent, January 1, 1947 – May 18, 2024
Born in Ankara, Türkiye, his first loves being soccer, the sea, the sun, and speed boats, Feyyaz immigrated to this country in 1966 when he was 19 years old. He was fearless and courageous with a zest for life that was contagious.
In 1971 he was an All-American for Suny Broome Community College and played soccer at Binghamton University from 1971 to 1973, ranking 14th in the nation and being written up in the Hall of Fame, with historic victories, and conference championships, ending his collegiate soccer career in 1973 as Athlete of the Year.
He was an amazingly complex and intelligent man, earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1973, working for companies such as Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical), Great Western Foam Products, Foamex International, and FoamTech. He had 25 patents and made significant contributions to our world in the field of chemistry that we enjoy and appreciate today.
Feyyaz was a loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle. He was kind, and humbly and anonymously generous with a tremendous heart and enduring compassion. He had a will of iron and lived life with pride and conviction. His presence was a force to be reckoned with and his impact on all of us is great and will be felt deeply through eternity.
Feyyaz is survived by his 2 brothers, 4 children, 1 grandson, 2 great grandchildren, 2 sisters in law, 3 nephews, 1 son in law, and 2 former wives.
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