MFG Chemical, Inc., is pleased to welcome Barry Lassiter as the new Director of Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S), whose top priority will be to create a new culture of safety at the company’s Kimberly Park facility. Lassiter has more than 42 years of experience in various leadership and management positions in manufacturing, maintenance and EHS&S with DuPont and...
Through an endowment that will enhance the caliber of faculty within Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Charles E. and Carol Ann Gavin of Dalton, Ga., have created a faculty chair within the college. The inaugural recipient of the Gavin Chair is Bruce Tatarchuk, director of Auburn’s Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing Center and professor of chemical engineering. Gavin, chairman of the...
The Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce chose MFG Chemical, LLC. as its “Business of the Week” for the week of January 20, 2014. Beth Morrison, Vice President – Member Services and a group of Chamber members greeted MFG and, after taking photos, placed the sign in the entrance to MFG’s headquarters. Thanks to the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce from Chuck...
MFG Chemical, Inc. continues to expand their capabilities; they have recently added a partial/full condenser system to a 6,500 gallon 316 L Stainless Steel reactor, improving MFG’s efficiency and quality when making esters, amides and imidazolines. MFG has also installed a new 8,000 gallon 316L SS reactor with a 316L condenser system. Both of these reactors, and another 6,500 gallon...
November 14, 2013 MFG Chemical, Inc. has been awarded a 2013 ChemStewards ® Silver Performance Improvement Award for Employee Training and Engagement. ChemStewards® is the health, environment, safety and security system of SOCMA, an international trade organization for the chemical industry. In the past year MFG has increased its training efforts and increased the inclusion of chemical operators in decision making. Chemical...
MFG Chemical, Inc. recently hosted a “Meet and Greet” for their corporate neighbors on Kimberly Park Drive. “There are twelve other manufacturing businesses on this street, and we wanted to offer an opportunity for them to meet us, and each other” said Keith Arnold, VP Sales and Marketing for MFG. “We also invited members of the Dalton Fire Department, who...
For Immediate Release May 7, 2013 MFG Chemical, Inc. recently welcomed Lawrence D. Sloan, President of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), to its Kimberly Park facility in Dalton, GA. Sloan, who was in Georgia last week visiting five SOCMA member companies, discussed legislative and regulatory issues impacting the specialty chemical industry, as well as products and services the...
The staff of Chattanooga State’s Wacker Institute created a special course to train MFG personnel in the operation of computer controlled distillation prior to the startup on new equipment at MFG Chemical, LLC’s Kimberly Park plant in Dalton, GA. The group of eighteen MFG employees was made up of operators, chemists and chemical engineers. According to Tim McGhee, dean of...
MFG Chemical, Inc. has modified two 6500 gallon stainless steel reactors to enhance their distillation capacities. An 18 inch by 20 foot structured packed column with an estimated 22 theoretical plates has been added to one of the 6500 gallon reactors. It will initially be used for making products that have a mixture of volatiles where it is desirable to separate...
MFG Chemical, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Andrew Bell, a junior in the Chemical Engineering Program at Auburn University, as a co-op student. Bell will work this semester, January to May, in the engineering group at MFG. He will be assisting MFG’s engineers and chemists in running studies, tests and mechanical assessments. Bell is the first of two co-op...
For Immediate Release November 21, 2012 Contact: MFG Chemical,Inc. Woody Mader Commercial Development Manager 706 226 4114 wmader@mfgchemical.com MFG Chemical, Inc., recently hosted a meeting at their Dalton, GA, headquarters to give north Georgia chemical manufacturers an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the benefits the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) has to offer specialty chemical manufacturers. “MFG has benefited greatly from membership in SOCMA, particularly from participation...
