People who want to become professionals usually do, at Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas offers wide latitude for development of personal skills and talents, the opportunity to work in the chemical busi ness with competent, professional people who can stimulate use of individual abilities to best advantage, and the opportunity to be treated as an important member of a professional organiza tion and rewarded for personal achievement. Rohm and Haas is a diversified chem ical company whose products are manufactured and sold to industry in the U.S. and throughout the free world. Plastics, textiles, leather, agri culture, sanitation, paper, paint, water treatment and petroleum are typical industries served by Rohm and Haas A program in rocket re search is operated at Huntsville, Ala., as a service to the Government. Growing, diversifying, expanding Rohm and Haas now employs over 10,000 people. Sales in 1965 totaled nearly $350,000,000. In the past 10 years, sales have increased 100 percent. Rohm and Haas is also grow ing by diversification. Affiliated and subsidiary companies produce syn thetic elastic fibers and hard fibers, and ethical Λ rug and veterinary med icine products. Foreign subsidiaries and affiliates manufacture and mar ket a growing number of products in South and Central America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Academic requirements Career opportunities are continuing to develop for personnel with college majors in chemistry, chemical engi neering, mechanical engineering, physics, bio-chemistry, the biological and agricultural sciences, accounting, business administration and liberal arts. With internal growth and acqui sitions there will be an increasing demand for trained personnel in all of these areas, and the opportunities for advancement in responsibility have never been greater. Career fields Most graduates employed by Rohm and Haas begin their careers in one of six types of work: 1. Research—fundamental and ap plied research in analytical, organic, and physical chemistry, from explor atory synthesis to studies of the behavior of new materials. 2. Engineering—chemical process de velopment; process engineering and
design; facilities engineering and con struction. 3. Manufacturing—production, process improvement and trouble-shooting; supervision of start-up operations; cost estimates and optimization of productivity. 4. Marketing—technical sales, sales development, export sales. 5. Financial—accounting analysis, data processing, special financial studies, etc. 6. Administration—industrial rela tions, personnel management, insur ance administration, etc. At Rohm and Haas, people are treated as individuals, and rewarded for good performance. Almost all our top management people began their ca reers with the company. Employee and family benefits include a pension plan, savings plan, hospital and major medical coverage, life insurance and tuition aid.
Write to Professional Employment and Manpower Planning, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105. Letters inquiring about employment should describe training and career interest. All letters are answered promptly. Rohm and Haas offices, laboratories and plants in U.S. Rohm and Haas administration is centralized at Philadelphia, Pa. All company research is carried out in laboratories in metropolitan Philadelphia. Major manufacturing plants are at Philadelphia and Bristol, Pa., Knoxville, Tenn., Houston, Texas, Louisville, Ky., Fayetteville, N . C , and Warren, R. I. (Rhee Industries Division). Domestic subsidiaries are Sauquoit Fibers Company, Scranton, Pa.; Warren-Teed Pharmaceuticals Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Whitmoyer Laboratories, Inc. (animal health products), Myerstown, Pa.; and Affiliated Laboratories Corp. (vet erinary products), St. Louis, Mo. New Rohm and Haas Home Office Building on Independence Mall, Philadelphia.
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