Borealis CEO Mark Garrett has decided to leave the company “to pursue a new career path,” the company says. The Borealis supervisory board says it “regrets but accepts this decision” and has appointed Alfred Stern to succeed Garrett as CEO, effective 2 July.
Stern is currently executive vice president/polyolefin business and innovation at Borealis. He joined the company in 2008 and earlier worked at the former DuPont. Stern jointed the Borealis board in 2012.
By Ian Young
Source: Chemweek
Private equity investor Cinven is acquiring MBCC Group’s admixture business from Swiss construction chemicals major Sika on the rebound. Earlier, the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had turned thumbs down on plans to sell the business to Ineos, citing antitrust concerns.
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced the construction of an industrial scale ammonia (NH3) cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. When transformed into ammonia, hydrogen can be easily transported over long distances.
Huhtamaki receives a gold medal from EcoVadis on its sustainability performance – for the third year running. Its score places Huhtamaki in the top 4% of over 100,000 rated companies across the globe. EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted business sustainability index.
