Appointments following the reorganization of Arkema's Vinyl Products business segment

13-Apr-2007

Arkema is reorganizing its Vinyl Products business segment, by splitting its Chlorochemicals and PVC business unit into two separate business units: Chlorine/Soda and PVC. The other two business units, vinyl compounds and Pipes/Profiles (Alphacan), remain unchanged. Moreover, the Vinyl Products business segment will have its own industrial management structure for its entire activity.

As part of this reorganization, Otto Takken, Vinyl Products Vice President, has announced the following appointments: Frédéric Marot-Achillas, Group President PVC business unit; Denis Tual, Group President Chlorine/Soda business unit; and Gérard Robert, Industrial Director for the Vinyl Products business segment.

Frédéric Marot-Achillas, 48 years old, graduated from ESCP (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris). He worked for the company Saint-Gobain for over 20 years, where he held a number of positions in strategy, marketing, sales, and profit center management. Since 2004, Frédéric Marot-Achillas had been successively Managing Director of the Performance Plastics and Elastomers Division, Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Emballage, and finally Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Desjonquères, a subsidiary specialized in small glass bottles for the perfume industry.

Denis Tual, 45 years old, graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes (Audencia). He joined Elf Atochem in 1986, where he held various positions in sales (as Sales Manager, Product Manager, Export Manager) and in logistics (in maritime transport from 1997 to 2000, then as Logistics Vice President from 2000 to 2005). Denis Tual had been Director of the Chlorochemicals Department within the Chlorochemicals and PVC business unit since November 2005. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Port Autonome de Marseille, and sits on the Management Committee of Eurochlor.

Gérard Robert, 58 years old, graduated from ENSIC (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques de Nancy) and ENSPM (Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs). During his career he has held various industrial positions at the Saint-Auban, Gonfreville and Marseille production sites (in process, production, and as Plant Manager). Since 1997, Gérard Robert had held consecutively the positions of Process Director, Vice President Technology, and Senior Vice President Manufacturing at Arkema Inc., Arkema's American subsidiary headquartered in Philadelphia.

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