Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon Celebrates Mothers

Altiras chief executive officer Steven Marshall brings more than two decades of combined experience in executorial leadership and renewable energy to the Texas-based company. Beyond his engagement with Altiras, Steven Marshall has held positions on the boards of directors for nonprofit groups such as the Breathing Association, which will hold its 10th Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon in May 2017. 

The annual Mother’s Day Luncheon invites staff and supporters of the Breathing Association to honor the mothers and mother figures in their lives through a celebratory lunch. Each year’s luncheon features an influential woman with a history of philanthropic and humanitarian involvement as the master of ceremonies. The 2017 luncheon will honor Janet E. Jackson, CEO of United Way in Central Ohio and an active participant in efforts that help reduce poverty. 

Attendees may purchase individual tickets or join one of five sponsorship tiers. Sponsorship provides sponsors with a number of additional incentives, such as business marketing opportunities and social media recognition. Specific incentives depend upon level of sponsorship, although sponsors at the Table level and above will receive tickets for an eight-seat table. Sponsors at the highest level will also receive exclusive presentation rights in print and electronic media. 

The Mother’s Day Luncheon will take place on May 11, 2017, at Villa Milano in Columbus, Ohio.

Altiras Companies - Driving Savings in Secondary Chemical Products

Steven Marshall is a Houston, Texas, entrepreneur who has guided the Altiras companies for the past six years and developed leading-edge beneficial use/reuse strategies for chemical and fuel waste. Focused on establishing reuse markets for these by-products and co-products, Steven Marshall and the Altiras team have been featured in an article for Transportation and Logistics International magazine.

A chemical production facility that generates acetic acid was used as an example of the company’s services. Only the prime product containing more than 99.5 percent acetic acid is marketable, meaning that less-pure by-product is considered waste. Traditionally, this secondary product would be burned or otherwise disposed, actions which have environmental ramifications and neglect the product’s intrinsic economic value. 

Altiras buys those secondary products and sells them to customers who are willing to purchase the raw materials at a significant cost savings over the “pure” acetic acid product. In 2014, 99.5 percent-pure acetic acid was sold for 35 cents per pound, while the secondary acetic acid cost only 22 cents per pound.