ANNA North America Executive Changes
With the recent changes, Sam Correnti (Dyno Nobel) becomes the Chairman. He is supported by Mick Gill (Orica) , Karl Hohenwarter (LAT-Nitrogen), Marcos Lopez (Apache Nitrogen), André de Smet (Yara), Hans Reuvers (Crop Nutrition Consultancy), Francisca Galindo (Fertiberia), and David Hind (retired).
Retirements
Frank Wolf and Peter fauconnier have officially retired. We wish them the best in their future endeavors and the industry will miss them.
2024 Conference
The 2024 Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada from September 29th to October 4th hosed by the ANNA Exhibitor Group. Registration for the conference is expected to open up mid April, 2024.
2023 Conference
The 2023 Conference presentations have been uploaded to the ANNA Library and are ready for download.
2022 Conference
The 2022 four day international conference was held in Houston, Texas with 266 people in attendance. Although the conference was compressed, there we lots of opportunities for networking, technical papers and catching up with old friends and colleagues, Many thanks to the ANNA Executive and Exhibiter group for hosting the conference in todays challenging times. The attendance and participation demonstrates the true value ANNA provides.
Kish Shaw has released the book, Ammonia Nitrate and Fertilizer Safely. This is a must read for anyone in the industry and belongs in all plant libraries. The cost of the book is 80 pounds, More information and purchase information can be found here. www.FertilizerAndNitrateSafety.com.
2020 and 2021 Conference Cancelled Due to Covid
In the interest of safety, the ANNA Executive has decided to cancel the 2020 and 2021 Conferences. In a recent survey, an overwhelming number of you indicated that you are either unable to attend or unsure if you would be able to participate in the 2020 ANNA Meeting and Exhibition in Houston due to health concerns and Government and company travel restrictions.
For anyone who signed up and paid for ANNA, we will be issuing refunds in the coming weeks. For those who have already made hotel reservations at the Royal Sonesta, please be sure to cancel them.
We are currently working on plans for ANNA 2022 and will send an announcement regarding the location and dates when the details are finalized. In the meantime, we will move the ANNA community online. If you aren't already a member, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4011875/
Sam Correnti and Mick Gill join the ANNA Executive
Sam has been with Dyno Nobel for 15 years. First 8 as operations manager; Currently Site Manager at the Louisiana, MO plant. Prior to that worked 25 years with Atlas Powder Co / ICI Explosives in various jobs from process engineer, maintenance manager, operations manager and plant manager.
Sam is married 39 years to wife Judi and has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. He has been coming to ANNA or ANPSG or NA Producers Group since 1983.
Michael works for Orica as the Senior Manager for Manufacturing Technology. He has been with Orica for 22 years and has performed various roles from process engineer, commissioning manager, site technical manager and global technical manager. He has been a regular attendee at recent ANNA conferences after first attending ANNA 2005 in Augusta. He is married with 2 children and lives in Newcastle, Australia.
We welcome both of you to the ANNA Executive.
What Happen to David Hind
In October 2018 David was diagnosed with a major tumor on his cerebellum. After two surgeries the tumor was removed and found non malignant. His cognitive abilities were not affected but he suffers from dizziness, could not walk, no energy, tremors and little speech. After 4 months in hospital he went home in a wheel chair and 2 people helped him into the house.
As a result of therapy and his drive, he can now walk/stumble 1 km with no aids. He still suffer tremors, speech, energy and balance issues but is very slowly getting better.
As a result he has had to step down from his responsibilities at ORICA and ANNA. He still active in ANNA and does limited work.
David says “It been a long journey and in some ways just begun. I hoping my personal drive and spirit with help me continue to grow and get better.”
ANNA 2017 Golf Charity
During the annual 2017 golf tournament there was a fund raiser for the recent victims of the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. The ANNA Exhibitors Group teamed up with ClimeCo to provide $2500 of donations to Bay Area Meals on Wheels who does an amazing job with all of its volunteers delivering warm meals to the home-bound in the Bay Area of Houston Texas. This area was heavily hit by Hurricane Harvey. Delivering meals and a warm conversation means so much to so many. GREAT WORK! Special thanks to Burke Allen and Bill Flederbach for making this happen.
Peter Hein Retires from ANNA
Peter Hein has decided to retire from the ANNA Executive after many years of dedicated service. Peter knowledge and contributions will be missed during all the discussions. Each year Peter was instrumental in collecting the presentations for the conference and running the audio visual. Peter will still be active in the industry and can be contacted at peter.hein@csbp.com.au.
If you like to become involved with the ANNA Executive please let David Hind know.
Translation Services
Over the years the ANNA executive has received requests to provide translation services. After much consideration, a policy has been developed.
"The primary goal of ANNA is networking and sharing of technical information to ensure safe, efficient operation of ammonium nitrate and nitric acid facilities. In order to maximize participation at the conference, the communication language is English. No translation services are provided and it is recommended that delegates can communicate in English.
The option of a group of delegates providing their own translation services during presentation was considered and rejected since this would not meet the primary goal of ANNA and significantly reduce participation of these delegates."