CF Industries Holdings Inc. said April 23 that Frank Buzzanca, vice president, EHS and Engineering, will retire effective July 1, 2010. Buzzanca has led the company’s environmental, health & safety, and engineering organizations since 1998. He began his career with CF Industries in 1976 as a project engineer.
CF said that during Buzzanca’s tenure as head of EHS and Engineering, the company’s safety performance has been among the best in the chemical industry. Early in his career, Buzzanca was responsible for the construction of CF’s first phosphate mining draglines. Later, his engineering organization opened the Hardee South Pasture Mine, a relocation and major expansion of the company’s phosphate mining operation.
Effective July 1, Richard Sanders, vice president, Manufacturing/Integration, will assume Buzzanca’s present responsibilities. In addition, Sanders will lead the company-wide procurement organization as well as the planning and optimization of scheduled maintenance at the company’s manufacturing facilities.
Sanders recently joined CF from Terra Industries Inc. where he served as vice president, manufacturing as well as vice president, manufacturing of Terra Nitrogen GP Inc., the general partner of Terra Nitrogen Co. L.P.