10.01.2007
PR Network with Local Strengths Continues to Grow
10th January, 2007 - Eurocom Worldwide, the global PR network, recorded its fifth consecutive year of growth in 2006, with more PR projects and activities shared between its member agencies than ever before.
09.01.2007
Mark Garrett appointed CEO Designate at Borealis to succeed John Taylor at end of 2007
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Mark Garrett as CEO Designate. He will assume the role of Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO when John Taylor turns 60 years old and retires at the end of 2007.
09.01.2007
Harald Hammer Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Borouge Marketing Company
Borouge, the provider of innovative plastics solutions in the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa, today announced the appointment of Harald Hammer as Chief Executive Officer of Borouge Pte Ltd, its Singapore-headquartered marketing company.
08.01.2007
Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for Adipic acid in Europe
Lyon, France - January 8th, 2007 – In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising raw material costs, Rhodia Polyamide announces a 70€ /t price increase effective January 1st, 2007.
08.01.2007
General Motors’ bahnbrechendes neues Elektrofahrzeug mit GE ecomagination*-Technologie macht den Besuch an der Tankstelle nahezu überflüssig
DETROIT — 7. Januar 2007 — Beinahe 100 Jahre liegt sie zurück - Thomas Edisons Vision, dass Automobile durch Elektrizität angetrieben werden können. Dank der Anstrengungen von General Motors und General Electric ist diese Vision jetzt einen Schritt näher an der Realität. Unter Beisein von GE wurde heute von General Motors auf der North American International Auto Show in Detroit das jüngste Konzeptfahrzeug des Unternehmens vorgestellt – der Chevrolet Volt. Das flexible Antriebssystem „E-Flex“ des Volt wartet mit einer Mischung globaler Lösungen für die Antriebsenergie auf, speziell ausgerichtet auf die Energiefragen und das Fahrverhalten der Gegenwart.
08.01.2007
Borealis Film and Fibre VP Harald Hammer appointed as CEO of Borouge Pte Ltd
Borealis Film and Fibre Vice President Harald Hammer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Borouge Pte Ltd as of January 1, 2007, replacing Hubert Puchner. Puchner, who after five years of leading Borouge through a period of strong growth, will take up the post of Executive Vice President of AgroLinz Melamine International (AMI) in Linz, Austria, managing the company’s global melamine business. He will remain a member of the Borouge Board.
03.01.2007
New Managing Director for DNV Benelux, UK and Ireland
Rotterdam, 10 January 2007 – As from 1 January 2007, DNV (Det Norske Veritas) has appointed Tom Backelin as Managing Director for DNV Benelux, UK and Ireland. Within this capacity, he will be responsible for the operational and commercial activities in these countries. Tom, who has been with DNV since 1974, is a highly experienced manager who has held multiple high-profile positions within DNV and has lots of experience in the geographical regions that are part of his new post. ‘Within my new capacity, I shall further develop the policy pursued by Richard Stolk with the following objective: protecting life, property and providing further support for the environment’, Tom Backelin explains. ‘Through the new organisation and a new office in the Netherlands, the preconditions to further develop our strong market position in the field of certification have been met’.
