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Manufacturing 2023: ROB COLLIER
PRESIDENT, CHEMTREAT, GLEN ALLEN
Collier has worked for ChemTreat, an industrial water treatment company owned by Danaher, two different times. His first stint was from 2012 to 2018, when he was in the marketing
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Manufacturing 2023: ANDY GIRVIN
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE LEADER AND HOPEWELL PLANT MANAGER, ADVANSIX, HOPEWELL
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As plant manager for New Jersey chemical manufacturer AdvanSix’s largest factory, Girvin has navigated some challenges this year. In April, 340 union workers went on strike at the Hopewell plant,
Manufacturing 2023: THOMAS E. ‘TEDDY’ GOTTWALD
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, NEWMARKET, RICHMOND
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Gottwald is a third-generation leader of NewMarket, parent company of Afton Chemical and Ethyl. A VMI alumnus, he joined NewMarket in 1984 and worked in its petroleum additives and former
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Manufacturing 2023: DAVID LEDESMA
SPRUANCE PLANT LEADER, DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
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Formerly the head of DuPont’s plant in Buffalo, New York, Ledesma moved south to lead its facility in Chesterfield County in 2021. Founded in 1929, the Spruance plant is DuPont’s
Manufacturing 2023: BRIAN D. PALIOTTI
PRESIDENT, AFTON CHEMICAL, RICHMOND
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In January, Paliotti took over as Afton Chemical’s president, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. A subsidiary of Richmond-based NewMarket, Afton Chemical produces and sells petroleum
Carpenter acquires Belgian foams biz for $468M
Deal makes Richmond company world's largest manufacturer in category
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Richmond-based Carpenter Co. has completed its acquisition of Belgium-based Recticel’s engineered foams division for $468 million, a deal that makes makes Carpenter the world’s largest vertically integrated manufacturer of polyurethane