BASF Names New Leader Of European Adhesive and Construction Business

BASF Names New Leader Of European Adhesive and Construction Business BBA Fiberweb, Simpsonville, SC, has made several recent personnel changes. Sam Depriest has joined BBA Fiberweb’s Graphic Arts group as area manager for the Midwest territory. Also new to the group is Shawn Davis, who will cover the Northeast region of the U.S. and Canada. Jeff Smith has joined the Graphic Arts group and will be covering the West Coast region while Jeff Andes has been promoted to senior area manager in the mid-Atlantic region. As of September 1, 2005, Jan-Peter Sander is the new head of BASF’s adhesive and construction industry business in Europe. He succeeds Ralph Schweens, who now leads global marketing coordination for BASF Polyurethanes in Brussels. He joined BASF in 1987 and has held a number of positions in Europe and Asia. In 2003, he became head of the global business unit performance chemicals for the automotive and oil industry headquartered in Ludwigshafen. The ChemQue