DALTON, GA – MFG Chemical has promoted Barry Lassiter to VP Operations, responsible for MFG’s three plants in the Dalton, Georgia, area and the recently acquired 26.7-acre plant in Pasadena, Texas.
Lassiter came to MFG in 2014, following nearly 40 years with Dupont and Invista, to serve as Director, Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S). Under Lassiter’s leadership, MFG has developed a safety culture throughout the company in which every employee participates and has individual responsibility. As a result, MFG has achieved an excellent safety record at its plants, has invested in employee safety and reduction of risk through significant commitment to training and equipment, is continuously recording and reporting on key safety measures, manages a safety communications program to keep the community informed, and has won several prestigious chemical industry awards for safety.