CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle
Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals
industry, proudly announces that executive vice president, chief
administrative officer and general counsel, Karen G. Narwold, has been selected as a winner
of the 2017 Women in Business Achievement Awards for the
Charlotte region. Sponsored by the
Charlotte Business Journal, this annual awards program is intended
to identify and honor the area's most influential business women
and specifically recognizes those who are making a difference in
the workplace and blazing trails for others.
"As a senior leader in our organization, Karen has a profound
impact on both our businesses and our employees," commented
Albemarle's chairman, president
and CEO, Luke Kissam. "We are
continually inspired by her commitment to power the potential of
Albemarle, and I am pleased to
congratulate her on this noteworthy accomplishment."
Narwold joined Albemarle in
September 2010, as general counsel
and corporate secretary and has assumed roles of increasing
responsibility during her time with the company. She has over 25
years of legal, management and business experience with global
industrial and chemical companies, including GrafTech International
Ltd., a global graphite and carbon manufacturer and former
subsidiary of Union Carbide, and Barzel Industries, a North
American steel processor and distributor.
For more information about the Charlotte Business Journal's
Women in Business Achievement Awards, visit
www.bizjournals.com/charlotte.
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a global specialty chemicals
company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and refining
catalysts. We power the potential of companies in many of the
world's largest and most critical industries, from energy and
communications to transportation and electronics. Working
side-by-side with our customers, we develop value-added, customized
solutions that make them more competitive. Our solutions combine
the finest technology and ingredients with the knowledge and
know-how of our highly experienced and talented team of operators,
scientists and engineers.
Discovering and implementing new and better performance-based
sustainable solutions is what motivates all of us. We think beyond
business-as-usual to drive innovations that create lasting value.
Albemarle employs approximately
4,500 people and serves customers in approximately 100 countries.
We regularly post information to www.albemarle.com, including
notification of events, news, financial performance, investor
presentations and webcasts, non-GAAP reconciliations, SEC filings
and other information regarding our company, its businesses and the
markets it serves.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding
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.
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