ABOUT US

OUR STORY

In April 2019, American Chemical Solutions (ACS) reopened a shuttered chemical manufacturing facility in Muskegon, Michigan. With an experienced team and a collective vision to revitalize the chemical manufacturing site, ACS was launched. We focused our efforts on bringing jobs back to our community, hiring great people with decades of experience in the chemical manufacturing industry. We understood a strong team was necessary to support a broad customer base eager to secure their chemical supply chains.
In just one year, the ACS team achieved the unexpected and re-started the manufacturing facility. Our facility was originally designed to efficiently manufacture specialty chemicals and through our investment to renovate and modernize the site, ACS is now an efficient, reliable value-added source for your external chemical toll manufacturing needs.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Jeremy Venter, PhD | Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dr. Venter brings over three decades of experience working and consulting in the specialty chemicals manufacturing industry. Mr. Venter retired from Dow Chemical in 2019 as a Global Process Technology and Technology Center Director for Advanced Polymers in Dow Coatings Materials. Prior to Dow Chemical, he served as Global Process Technology Director, Specialty Materials Coatings at Rohm and Haas Company where he led Specialty Materials Process Technology for five businesses. At ACS, he leads the Board of Directors, providing oversight, guidance, and mentorship to the management team in the development and execution of ACS’ strategic growth plan.

Josef M. Haak | Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Haak is an operational and financial executive who has a strong history of revitalizing, transforming and optimizing companies to reach their fullest potential. He has over a decade of progressive experience leading corporate development, finance, restructuring, and operational improvement initiatives for private equity and investment banking firms.

 

Terry Chomniak | Director of Business Development

Mr. Chomniak brings over 30 years of commercial experience in the chemical industry to the ACS team. For the last 15 years, he has been focused on developing and nurturing business relationships in the chemical tolling market. As a leading expert on the tolling market, his wealth of knowledge and experience will deliver results for ACS customers, effectively meeting their external chemical manufacturing needs.

 

Todd Monette | Vice President of Operations

Mr. Monette is a leading manufacturing executive with over three decades of experience in the chemical manufacturing industry, serving in senior leadership roles at six different petrochemical and refining sites across North America. At ACS he is focused on providing best-in-class toll manufacturing to organizations that are seeking security in their chemical supply chains. Prior to ACS, Mr. Monette served as the Chief Executive Officer at Streamline Polymers, a Houston-based chemical manufacturer. He also worked for PBF Energy, one of the largest independent refiners in North America.

OUR PRIORITIES

ACS embraces a culture that is based on safety, integrity, inclusiveness, innovation and excellence. We are committed to providing a safe work environment, first-class customer service, continuous improvement and strong community partnership. We are resolute in our commitment to conducting our business in an environmentally-responsible way while upholding our high operating standards.
Striving for 100% Customer Satisfaction

We are single-minded in our focus to obtain 100% customer satisfaction –providingstability and security for our customers’ supply chain. We are prepared to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, delivering a high-quality product on time, every time.

Creating A Safe Environment

As part of being a reliable customer service focused enterprise, ACS believes we start with the safety and well-being of our employees. We are focused on creating a safe and healthy environment through proper employee training, planning and action. We believe all accidents are preventable and have implemented a continuous improvement safety program.

Continuous Improvement

We are entrepreneurs. We are eager to grow and improve our business, and we understand that we must adapt to changing market conditions and our operating environment. We must continuously drive the development of new solutions and offer value to our customers to ensure our long-term success.

Corporate Citizenship

We are committed to ensuring the vitality of the community in which we are privileged to operate and where our associates live. We are good stewards of the environment and we are actively engaged in our community to create a positive impact.