Heidi Alderman Named Senior Vice President of BASF's Petrochemicals Division in North America
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Heidi Alderman was named Senior Vice President of BASF's Petrochemicals division in North America based in Houston, Texas, effective March 1. The Petrochemicals division in North America is a $5 billion business manufacturing and marketing olefins, aromatics, oxo alcohols, acrylic acid and esters, phthalic anhydride, and plasticizers. BASF's Petrochemicals are produced in Port Arthur, Pasadena, and Freeport, Texas; Geismar, Louisiana; West Memphis, Arkansas; and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
With more than 25 years of experience in the chemical industry, Alderman joined BASF in February 2003 as a Business Director, Functional Polymers, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In January 2008, Alderman became BASF's Senior Vice President of Procurement in North America.
Prior to joining BASF, Alderman was a Global Purchasing Manager and also held a position of Business Manager, Architectural Coatings, at Air Products and Chemicals in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Alderman began her career in 1981 as a Process Engineer at Rohm and Haas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned her master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and also completed the Wharton Management Program at the Wharton School of Business.
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Suggested caption: Heidi Alderman, Senior Vice President, BASF Petrochemicals in North America.
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has approximately 16,400 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.7 billion in 2010. For more information about BASF's North American operations, visit www.basf.us.
BASF is the world's leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, and agricultural products to oil and gas. As a reliable partner, BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges, such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than 63.9 billion euro in 2010 and had approximately 109,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com or in the Social Media Newsroom at newsroom.basf.com.
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