Marcus Kuhnert has been appointed new chief financial officer of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA, effective Aug. 1, 2014.
Since 2010, the 45-year-old manager born in Chicago, U.S.A. has been CFO of the Laundry & Home Care business unit at Henkel, with sales of €4.6 billion annually. He succeeds Matthias Zachert, who left Merck to head Lanxess at the beginning of April.
Novo Nordisk recently announced changes to its executive leadership and Board of Directors.
Jens Birgersson becomes new Brenntag CEO
Carbon black manufacturer Orion Engineered Carbons plans to rationalize production lines in North and South America and EMEA.
This interview covers key results of the study ‘Success Factor Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Chemical Industry 2024’ by Solventure, Aimms and Miebach.
The German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) welcomes the fact that Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and US President Donald Trump have averted the danger of a trade war for the time being.
