Chemical Engineering December 2014 - 7

Letters
Frankfurt am Main · 15 - 19 June 2015
SOCMA announces award winners
More than 28 member facilities will receive 2014 Performance
Improvement Awards for their outstanding commitment
to continuous improvement in environmental,
health, safety and security (EHS&S) practices at the Society
of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA)
93rd Annual Dinner on December 8 in New York.
The number of applicants for this year's awards was
an all-time high for the Performance Improvement program.
An outstanding group of companies has emerged
from a month-long, double-blind selection process to
receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze Performance Improvement
Award for their successful EHS&S efforts. Educational
Outreach and Sustainability Awards will be
issued as well.
The 2014 Gold Performance Improvement Award goes
to Baker Hughes Inc.'s Kilgore Blend Plant and Houston
Blend Plant for their respective efforts in exceeding
all standards set forth in the ChemStewards program.
Silver Performance Improvement Awards will be presented
to 15 facilities showing excellence in one of the
five ChemStewards Core Principles: stakeholder communications,
product stewardship, EHS&S in planning
and operations, employee training and engagement, and
resource management and waste minimization.
Twenty five facilities will receive the Bronze Performance
Improvement Award, which recognizes facilities
maintaining strong EHS&S programs. A complete listing
of award winners can be found on the SOCMA website,
www.socma.org.
This year's Educational Outreach Award goes to
Monument Chemical. The breadth of Monument's science
education outreach efforts particularly stood out
to award sponsor the Chemical Educational Foundation.
In 2014, Monument volunteered at the MacDonald
Intermediate School " STEMposium " in Ft. Knox, Ky.,
provided local teachers with free hands-on STEM activities,
and sponsored the You Be The Chemist Challenge
at the local, state and national levels.
Fairmount Santrol's Alpha Resins will be honored for
the second year in a row with the ChemStewards Sustainability
Award. The sustainable development culture
reaches deep at Alpha Resins, and the company strives
to nourish a stronger, more prosperous future for the
company and surrounding communities. Alpha Resins
sets specific goals and metrics to monitor sustainability.
Their efforts have yielded - among other successes -
an 84% reduction in landfill waste and methods to reuse
solvents that have resulted in significant savings.
Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates
www.socma.org
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