Applied Chemical Technology Inc., Florence, Ala., has announced the appointment of Curtis Lewey as president, succeeding company founder Ray Shirley, who will remain very active as engineering specialist and chairman of the board.
This expands Curtis’s responsibilities beyond his current position as director of human resources, allowing him to provide the guidance and leadership for business activities in the U.S. and the global market.
ACT began in June 1981 as an engineering firm providing consulting service to the chemical industry. Demand for ACT services immediately grew, and ACT now employs a team of professional engineers, designers, laboratory and computer technicians, and master craftsmen, as well as business and support staff. It specializes in the development of new innovative chemical products with processes and plants to make them. ACT occupies a complex located in the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park in Florence, Ala. with 20,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, and 33,000 square feet for fabrication and pilot plant facilities.