Mumbai, March 30, 2016 – PRNewswire – Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd (Dorf Ketal), a global leader in specialty chemicals, has announced the appointment of Eric Quek to the position of Global Business Development Manager, Power Generation in Global Fuels Additives division of Dorf Ketal. Eric brings over 30 years of experience in the steam generation and fuels additives industry. Prior experience includes technical and business development positions with Bycosin, Octel and most recently his own private practice focused on fuels business development and branding for global oil companies.

Eric will report directly to Miltos Papachristos, CEO and President Dorf Ketal Global Fuels Additives business. “Eric possesses a broad spectrum of technical and business development experience to help us rapidly grow the Power Generation market,” stated Mr Miltos Papachristos. “From developing and implementing fuels additives programs in power plants and refineries to securing emission contractor testing certification from the Singapore Ministry of Environment, Eric has demonstrated his leadership abilities.”

“Global Fuels Additives is a strategic growth market for Dorf Ketal and power generation is a new market segment for us,” commented Mr Sudhir Menon, Chairman and Managing Director of Dorf Ketal. “This market is characterized by technical innovation, customer technical service and the industry knowledge to quantify the value for the customer. We are making excellent progress in strengthening our position in this market.”

Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd is a privately owned specialty chemical company based in Mumbai, India with operations in the Asia Pacific, China, Europe, South America and North America. Dorf Ketal is the industry's fastest-growing provider of formulated specialty chemicals to upstream and downstream hydrocarbon markets and the market leader in organometallic catalysts and cross-linkers serving a broad range of applications and industries. The firm's core strategic focus on new chemistries is reflected in numerous patents and industry recognition for innovation to solve our customer's most demanding problems.