EoW July 2013

News Corporate

Changes at the top since acquisition

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 Website : www.tulsapower.com

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 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. has announced

AlphaGary Corporation – USA Website : www.alphagary.com

Mr Peiczarka joined the company in 2007

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 : www.prysmian.com

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