Chem321:Acme Chemical Company
Key facts
- Founded: 1992
- Annual turnover: $20 million
- Annual profits: $2.7 million
- Employees: 87
Description
Acme Chemical Company has become an internationally recognized leader in the manufacture of sulfur-based heterocyclic building blocks. Major products include 2-thiopheneacetyl chloride (TAC), 5-methoxybenzothiophene, 2-methylthiazoline and 2-chloro-4-aminothiazole. Customers include Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers and Glaxo Smithkline.
The current facility, built in 1997, contains a general purpose manufacturing plant with 18 reactors ranging in size from 50 gallons to 2000 gallons. There is also an R&D laboratory with 5 fulltime chemists, and a QC laboratory with 5 fulltime analytical chemists. There is bulk storage of major solvents as well as key feedstocks, carbon disulfide and thiophene. A pipe from the BASF plant across the river supplies hydrogen sulfide gas. The factory has had an excellent safety record in recent years since it introduced its “Safety First” program in 1998, following a fire which damaged part of the old plant. The site operates to cGMP standards and is ISO 9001 certified, and it now plans to be certified for ISO 14001. Waste is treated offsite by incineration (organics) or by water treatment then ocean disposal (aqueous), with waste disposal costing around $1.65 million annually (more details here).
Some key employees
- Martin Walker: President
- VP for Sales - Joe Smith (not on environmental committee)
- Production Manager - Jane Doe
- Environmental Manager - Stefan Sloma
- Chief Financial Officer - Angela Caracci
- Union Organizer and Plant Foreperson - Bill Preston
- Lab Manager (aka R&D Manager) Katie Lavoie
- Quality Assurance Manager - Magenta Miller
- Quality Control Manager - Tom Fuchs
- Occupational Hygiene Officer - Abby Langdon
- Safety Officer (not on environmental committee)
Health Officer (aka "Company nurse")(not used in 2013)- Wastewater Officer - John Rogers
- Chief Legal Officer (not on environmental committee)
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