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AlphaGary has announced key
personnel changes as part of its ongoing
restructuring plan since its acquisition by
Mexichem.
Chuck Hayes has been named plant
manager at the company’s Pineville,
North Carolina, facility reporting to Daniel
DeLisle, general manager. Mr Hayes
had been plant manager at AlphaGary’s
now consolidated Bayshore, New Jersey,
facility. He had prior experience at
Roscom before joining the company.
“Hayes was part of the integration team,
transferring equipment and capabilities
from Bayshore to the Pineville facility,” said
Mr DeLisle.
“He is now overseeing the task of
maximising the efficiency we created
by operating out of this significantly
expanded facility.”
On the commercial side, Rick Peiczarka
was named national sales manager, also
reporting to Mr DeLisle. He is responsible
for overseeing AlphaGary’s US sales team
and for fully coordinating all commercial
activities.
Mr Peiczarka joined the company in 2007
as southeast regional sales manager. He
was previously with Clariant.
Denise Wallace has been rehired by
AlphaGary to fill the spot of southeast
regional sales manager. She is a company
veteran who previously had covered Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Toronto.
She started at AlphaGary in 1990 and
held various marketing and sales
positions working at the Leominster,
Massachusetts, headquarters before
taking the midwest sales position.
Operating out of AlphaGary’s UK facility,
Richard Day has been named as its new
European sales manager.
He brings over 25 years of commercial
management experience in the
compounding business, and was most
recently with AEI Compounding.
Reporting to Mr DeLisle, he will have full
commercial responsibility for AlphaGary’s
European customer base, managing
the team of sales representatives and
distribution partners.
AlphaGary Corporation – USA
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Tulsa’s new engineers
Tulsa Power has welcomed two new
members to the company.
Gary Thompson has joined as
engineering manager. With over 19
years of experience, Mr Thompson has
a diverse knowledge base, and will
provide leadership and engineering
solutions in the further development
of new products for a wider range
of applications. He has a bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineering
and a master’s degree in engineering
management from Washington State
University.
Gene Bell has also joined the controls
engineering team. Mr Bell has over
26 years of experience in creating
state-of-the-art control systems
for a wide range of equipment. His
expertise is in a variety of control
platforms and brands and significant
servo experience. As the company
grows through new product
development, Tulsa Power believes
that automation expertise will become
increasingly important.
Tulsa Power – USA
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Changes at the top since acquisition
Connecting Mallorca and Ibiza
REE (Red Eléctrica de España), the transmission system
operator of the Spanish electricity system, has awarded
Prysmian Group a contract for the supply of a second circuit
of the interconnection between the Balearic Islands of
Mallorca and Ibiza.
The project involves the design, supply and installation of a
high-voltage AC cable system, consisting of 132kV cables
and associated optic fibres, to transmit 118MVA and along
a total route of over 123km (115km submarine and 8.6km
overland). The system will interconnect the two islands
to enable integration of Ibiza into the Peninsular network
system via the existing Romulo (Iberian Peninsula-Mallorca)
cable system.
The submarine cables for the Mallorca-Ibiza link will be
manufactured at Prysmian’s Arco Felice plant, Naples, while
land cables and optical components of the submarine link
will be manufactured in Vilanova i la Geltrù, Spain. Marine
cable operations in deep waters (up to 750m) will be
carried out using the group’s own vessel, Giulio Verne. Cable
installation and protection will be completed during 2015.
Prysmian has a long track record in the development
of submarine interconnection milestone projects in the
Mediterranean region.
The group is also a founding member of the industrial
partnership Medgrid, launched to study the feasibility of
a high-voltage direct current interconnection project to
transmit electricity from solar or wind power plants to load
centres on either rim of the Mediterranean.
Prysmian – Italy Website: