Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals has appointed a Sustainability Officer for its Textile Specialties business. James Carnahan, who joined from the BASF textile chemicals business acquired by Archroma in July 2014, has been appointed as Global Sustainability Manager, Textile Specialties, and will be responsible to further intensify the business focus on more sustainable solutions. Carnahan has more than 30 years of experience in textile chemicals in application development and marketing & sales in South Africa, Italy, Germany, China and Singapore. In his last role with BASF, he was responsible for portfolio strategy development and implementation, with focus on developing sustainable solutions to support the textile value chain in this direction.