| BASF’s Engineering Plastics business
names Masica to Director, Manufacturing
WYANDOTTE, Mich., November 22, 2004 -- BASF has appointed Gregory
M. Masica as Director, Manufacturing for BASF’s Engineering
Plastics business in North America.
Masica is responsible for the production of BASF’s engineering
plastics product line in North America, which includes Ultramid®
and Celanese® standard and specialty nylons, Nypel® recycled
nylon, Ultradur® polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), Petra®
post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Ultrason® E
polyethersulfone (PES) and Ultrason® S polysulfone (PSU).
He also oversees the North American compounding facilities where
these products are produced at BASF’s sites in Wyandotte,
Mich., and Sparta, Tenn., as well as the business’s toll manufacturing
arrangements. Masica has 20 years of experience in plastics ranging
from production engineering, polymer process engineering and compounding
operations engineering to quality operations, color technology and
product management.
Prior to assuming this position, Masica was Product Manager, Compounded
Nylon Products, for BASF, which he joined as part of the company’s
acquisition of Honeywell’s engineering plastics business in
May 2003. Masica began his career with GE Plastics in various manufacturing
roles. In January 1995, he was appointed Site Manager for the Sparta,
Tenn., compounding operations of AlliedSignal Plastics, which later
merged with Honeywell.
Masica has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from
the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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