Zaltbommel, The Netherlands  June 20, 2012 SACHEM Europe B.V.’s plant manager Victor van de Pas is among the top three finalists for the prestigious award “Plant Manager of the Year 2012 accolading outstanding leadership in Health Safety and Environment plant management. (Video)

Victor v.d. Pas has been with SACHEM for 24 years. He started as analytical chemist and gained valuable experience in various roles prior to assuming a leadership role as Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager at SACHEM Europe B.V.

The “Plant manager of the Year 2012 election is an initiative of the journal Petrochem and the industry association VNCI. Each year, the organization looks for innovative plant managers who achieved considerable improvement in safety, health, environment, productivity and quality during the past year. The other two finalists this year are Michel Mertens of DSM and Louis Oostvogels of Styron.

Frank Groenen, General Manager SACHEM Europe B.V. states, “Victor exceeds the expectation of a typical plant manager. Victor implemented steps to significantly improve HSE and project management at SACHEM Europe. He did so with an incredible drive and persistence to do it right. Victor put an enormous effort into collaborating with local authorities to ensure that safety and zoning planning is in line with the requirements of Dutch law. We are very pleased to see Victor’s hard work and effort rewarded in his finalist nomination for the plant manager of the year.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, SACHEM is a chemical science company with full commercial operations and research facilities in North America, Europe, China and Japan. Our technology revolves around high purity and is successfully applied in markets like electronic materials, oilfield chemicals,  catalysts, polymers,  pharmaceutical,  agrochemicals, biotechnology and energy materials.