Processing, April 2020

RubrYc Therapeutics appoints chief science of cer RubrYc erapeutics Inc a pre clinical biotherapeutics company developing epitope selective therapies to improve outcomes for cancer and serious autoimmune disease patients recently announced the appointment of Ramesh Baliga Ph D as the companys chief science o cer Dr Baliga has a remarkable track record leading drug discovery initiatives across multiple target classes therapeutic areas and diverse modalities according to company o cials Baliga is a successful biotechnology executive with experience discovering and developing a diverse array of biologics Prior to joining RubrYc he served as the vice president of discovery biology at IGM Biosciences building a disruptive platform and talented team that was crucial to IGM Biosciences securing its IND and completing its IPO in 2019 Prior to IGM Biosciences Baliga was founder and CSO of Extend Biopharma where he created a novel platform for discovery and manufacture of site specifically labeled Antibody Drug Conjugates ADCs and next generation biologics Previously Baliga spent nearly a decade leading drug discovery initiatives and building drug discovery platforms with increasing measures of responsibility at Sutro Biopharma Catalyst Biosciences and Cytokinetics Baliga completed his undergraduate and masters degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai before earning his Ph D at Caltech and postdoctoral studies at Yale University RubrYc erapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company applying proprietary machine learning and computational biology solutions to discover epitope selective biotherapeutics Inspired by recent advances in molecular library synthesis massively parallel screening and computing RubrYc is forging a new path for information driven discovery of therapeutic antibodies Magnetic products manufacturer Bunting names Canadian sales rep Bunting a manufacturer of magnetic products recently contracted Chris Heming to serve as its new master rep for the western provinces of Canada Heming is the co owner of the Canadian Copacking Group CPG CPG Automation as well as the cofounder of Farsight AI CPG Automation provides integration and technology deployment to industries across Canada and has service in Vancouver Saskatoon Winnipeg and Toronto CPG also provides extensive consulting services Heming will represent all standard Bunting products within the Western provinces of Canada Buntings products include material handling magnetic separation and metal detection equipment He will be calling on all traditional industry segments including food grain milling plastics processing recycling and metalworking FCI announces director of sales Fluid Components International FCI a global leader in thermal flow and level instrumentation recently appointed Adam Schleyhahn as the companys new director of sales Schleyhahn will report to Randy Brown who after 15 plus years as FCIs marketing manager and director of corporate marketing steps into the position of executive director of marketing and industrial sales service Schleyhahn steps in to lead the FCI sales organization after the retirement of Glen Fishman who completed a 38 year career at FCI as the leader of the sales team Prior to joining FCI Schleyhahn was a member of the corporate staff at Swageloks headquarters in Cleveland Ohio He was previously the general manager of sales for San Diego Fluid Systems Technologies representing Swagelok products Schleyhahn is a graduate of Pomona College and has an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management FCI designs manufactures and sells a broad line of thermal mass flow meters for air and gas flow measurement Key Technology names sales manager for EMEIA Key Technology a member of the Duravant family of operating companies announces the promotion of Jasper Schoemaker to sales manager for the Europe Middle East India and Africa EMEIA Region Schoemaker is responsible for leading the team that brings Keys digital sorters conveying solutions and other process automation systems to food processors in the EMEIA region Schoemaker has been with Key for 21 years holding various positions with increasing responsibilities He started in Parts Sales and quickly advanced to Sales Engineering where he helped custom engineer Keys processing equipment Immediately prior to todays promotion he was area sales manager for Belgium and a major account manager for select global customers Key Technology is a global leader in the design and manufacture of automation systems including digital sorters conveyors and other processing equipment Graham Packaging hires director of sustainability and regulatory affairs Graham Packaging a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative and sustainable plastic packaging solutions recently hired Balaji 12 Processing APRIL 2020 ACC Global chemicals output falls sharply in January The American Chemistry Council in early March announced that global chemicals production dropped by 10 in January due in large part to a signi cant decline in China due to the COVID 19 virus According to the ACCs Global Chemical Production Regional Index Global CPRI measures the production volume of the chemical industry for 33 key nations sub regions and regions the decrease comes after gains were reported in both November in December The ACC noted that chemical production increased in some areas in January Latin America the former Soviet Union Africa and the Middle East However production dropped in three key markets North America Europe and Asia Paci c The Global CPRI showed that headline global production was up 09 percent year over year Y Y on a three month moving average basis The Global CPRI also indicated that capacity increased by 03 during January and now stands at a 34 increase Y Y Capacity utilization in the global chemical industry however fell 11 points to 813 percent That mark is down from 832 percent last January according to the Global CPRI January results were mixed across chemical industry segments Bulk petrochemicals and organics plastic resins synthetic rubber and manufactured fibers all showed gains Growth was strongest in manufactured fibers synthetic rubber plastic resins coatings and bulk petrochemicals and organics according to the Global CPRI