Calgon Carbon Corp. announced new senior leadership appointments and operating divisions, effective Jan. 1, 2016. This announcement follows the recent retirement decision of executive vice president and COO, Bob O’Brien.
The newly created operating divisions are expected to bring more focus on further margin improvement opportunities, global expansion and business alignment. Current CFO Steve Schott has been promoted to executive vice president of the newly formed Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Equipment (AMME) Div., and senior vice president Jim Coccagno, has been promoted to executive vice president of the newly formed Core Carbon and Services (CCS) Div.
“This essentially does three things; it positions us for future growth, it effectively utilizes our intellectual and capital assets, and finally it brings additional clarity to the management of the bottom line,” said Randy Dearth, Chairman, president and CEO of Calgon Carbon.
CCS will focus on traditional industrial and municipal markets in North America—including reactivation—and will have global oversight for the Asian and LATAM regions. AMME will manage the Specialty Carbon business unit in North America and the Global UV technologies business unit. Chemviron Carbon, a registered branch of Calgon Carbon located in Europe, will report to this division. In terms of asset management, virgin production sites will be overseen by Schott and AMME, and U.S. reactivation sites by Coccagno and CCS.
Replacing Steve Schott as CFO will be Robert Fortwangler, currently the vice president of finance. Fortwangler joined the Calgon Carbon finance group in 2001. In 2008 he was promoted to director of finance, and held various positions including manager of planning, assistant controller and assistant treasurer. Fortwangler is a certified public accountant, and most recently led the company’s SAP reimplementation project.
“This is an exemplary team with great experience and a proven track record. We’re excited about the future,” Dearth said.
Source: Calgon Carbon Corp.
