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Houston Area HSSE Organizational Changes
April 4th, 2023
Monument Colleagues, We are excited to let you know about several upcoming organizational changes for Houston Area Health, Safety, Security, and Emergency Services (HSSE) team. Effective April 3, 2023: Stacy Johnson will serve as Corporate HSSE Process Leader. In this new position, Stacy will ...Kurt Griffith Promoted to Lead New Process Technology Department in Houston
April 4th, 2023
I am pleased to announce the first step in formalizing the Process Technology (PT) Department for the Houston Area to help drive Operational Excellence. Effective immediately, Kurt Griffith has been promoted to lead this department. In this role, Kurt will report directly to ...Brandenburg Sitewide Efforts Nearly Quadruple Seal Equipment Lifespans
March 31st, 2023
For a batch process plant like Brandenburg, the average lifespans of various components of equipment can be difficult to predict. But when it came to the mechanical seals used to prevent hazardous material leaks at their rotating shafts, it wasn’t hard to notice the significant maintenance times and costs as a result of their failures. So in 2015, their team embarked on a concerted effort toward expanding the lifespan of these seals — and it paid off big time.
Posted in: KentuckySharon Barclay Joins Monument as Chief Human Resources Officer
March 27th, 2023
Monument Team, I am pleased to announce that Sharon Barclay has joined Monument and our Global Leadership Team as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO), effective March 27, 2023. In this role, Sharon will report to me, and she will lead the HR team, strategies, and programs th...Posted in: PeopleHouston Logistics Manager Delivers Innovative Solution to Salvage Major Yields of Contaminated Materials — and Boost Monument Revenue
March 24th, 2023
A contaminated product can cost any manufacturer — big time. Not only could it require extensive measures to try and salvage the material, but there’s also no guarantee how much you actually will salvage when all the work is said and done. And due to the unplanned nature of these issues, it can be just as inconvenient and costly to the chemical company helping them reprocess it all.
This all could have been the case for our client, Total Energies, when one of their rail cars, containing over 180,000 pounds of industrial solvent (Methylcyclohexane, or MCH), was contaminated with an unknown substance. But when they came to Monument with hopes of recovering as much as they could through a lengthy distillation at Bayport, our team came up with a much better idea — one that not only saved time and money, but also recovered 98% of their material. But it sure wasn’t easy.
Posted in: TexasDennis Gregorius Takes Us to the Cosmos in a Stunning Photo Essay from Kallo
March 20th, 2023
In this stunning photo essay, Dennis Gregorius takes us into the cosmos — and around the Monument Kallo site — in a way we’ve never experienced before. As Field Coordinator at Kallo, Dennis spends most of the year sampling, servicing, and filling the site’s chemical-storage tanks. It’s work he’s been doing since 1999, initially during summers as a college student and, following graduation, as a full-time Monument employee. Dennis is an avid world traveler, primarily to South America. His most-frequent destination on that continent is Ecuador, where he’s taken approximately 12,000 photographs. We recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his photo essay and his travels on Earth — and via reading and photography — to space.
Posted in: BelgiumMonument Sponsors 20th Anniversary of You Be The Chemist Challenge!
March 17th, 2023
Another year, another successful You Be the Chemist Challenge! But while it may have been nothing out of the ordinary for a number of Monument team members to be working hard both behind the scenes and on stage at the Chemical Education Foundation’s (CEF) regional competition, this year’s theme was an easy one: The 20th Anniversary Event!
Posted in: KentuckyMonument Sponsors 20th Anniversary of You Be The Chemist Challenge!
March 17th, 2023
Another year, another successful You Be the Chemist Challenge! But while it may have been nothing out of the ordinary for a number of Monument Brandenburg, KY team members to be working hard both behind the scenes and on stage at the Chemical Education Foundation’s (CEF) regional competition, this year’s theme was an easy one: The 20th Anniversary Event!
Posted in: KentuckyChad Wheeler Joins MCK as Production Manager - EDC
March 14th, 2023
I am pleased to announce that Chad Wheeler joined the Monument Chemical Kentucky team as the Production Manager for the EDC area, effective March 13, 2023. In this role, Chad will report to me and will work closely with Eathan Peach while transitioning into the role. He will be responsible for ensur...New Employee Spotlight: Welcome to Chelsea Dau
March 13th, 2023
Chelsea Dau’s passion for learning new things has not only taken her far in her career, but it’s also taken her deep down into the earth!
When Monument Houston’s new Campaign Team Leader isn’t reveling in the thrill of learning new processes for multiple product campaigns or scoping projects and coordinating operations schedules, she’s going on cave exploration trips all around the world.
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