BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle
Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it has named leaders
for its bromine and lithium businesses which, effective as of the
beginning of 2016, will report directly to President and CEO
Luke Kissam.
Raphael Crawford will
serve as president, Bromine Specialties. Crawford joined
Albemarle in 2012 as the vice president for Performance Catalyst
Solutions. Most recently, he has been the vice president for
Synthesis and Polymer Solutions as well as the Managing Director of
Rockwood Lithium GmbH. Prior to joining Albemarle, he served
in roles of increasing responsibility with Rohm and Haas Company
and The Dow Chemical Company, including director of Global
Marketing for Dow Coating Materials, global commercial director and
global product director for Dow Water and Process Solutions and
various commercial positions at Rohm and Haas Company.
John Mitchell will serve
as president, Lithium & Advanced Materials, which will include
responsibility for Lithium, Performance Catalyst Solutions and
Curatives. Mitchell joined Albemarle as a result of the
acquisition of Rockwood Holdings in 2015. With Rockwood
Lithium, he served as president of North
America since 2011. He previously served as senior
advisor to The Linde Group's African and South American businesses,
president of Environmental Management Corporation, and held a
variety of general management, commercial, strategy and corporate
development positions within The BOC Group, a global industrial
gases company.
"Raphael and John are proven leaders who, together with their
world-class teams, will drive improvements in these businesses,"
said Luke Kissam, Albemarle's
president and chief executive officer. "These reporting lines
will provide focus to the respective businesses allow us to
maintain the operational efficiencies and synergies between these
businesses that were identified in the integration process."
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation, headquartered
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a
premier specialty chemicals company with leading positions in
attractive end markets around the world. With a broad customer
reach and diverse end markets, Albemarle develops, manufactures and
markets technologically advanced and high value added products,
including lithium and lithium compounds, bromine and bromine
derivatives, catalysts and surface treatment chemistries used in a
wide range of applications including consumer electronics, flame
retardants, metal processing, plastics, contemporary and
alternative transportation vehicles, refining, pharmaceuticals,
agriculture, construction and custom chemistry services. Albemarle
is focused on delivering differentiated, performance-based
technologies that deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to
its customers. The Company employs approximately 6,900 people and
serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Albemarle
regularly posts information to www.albemarle.com, including
notification of events, news, financial performance, investor
presentations and webcasts, Regulation G reconciliations, SEC
filings and other information regarding the Company, its businesses
and the markets it serves.
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Albemarle Corporation's business that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q.
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