DOW CORNING NAMES SHIRAHATA
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
Dow Corning Corp. has named Akihiki
Shirahata science and technology manager,
silane products. A 25-year veteran
of Dow Corning, Shirahata will direct
the global activities of silane…
MURALO PAINTS HIRES
MICALE FOR NORTHEAST SALES
Muralo Paints has hired Michael
Micale as district sales manager for
Long Island, the Bronx and parts of
Brooklyn and Queens. Micale has previously
worked in managerial positions
for Lowe’s…
MICHELMAN NAMES WISEMAN
VP GLOBAL OPERATIONS
Michelman has appointed Donald
Wiseman VP global operations.
Wiseman will be responsible for all
global manufacturing operations,
logistics, process engineering and purchasing
at Michelman. He has m…
CHEMQUEST GROUP NAMES
ZHOU GENERAL MANAGER, CHINA
ChemQuest Group, Inc. has appointed
Zhiming M. Zhou general manager,
China. Zhou, who will be located at
ChemQuest’s newly opened office in
the country, has more than 18 years
experience…
HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS NAMES
THREE NEW SALES MANAGERS
Holliday Pigments has named Bob
Hopkins UK regional sales manager,
Frank Davies regional sales manager
in the U.S. and Frank Dong technical
sales manager in China.
Hopkins was previously an appl…
UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES
NAMES POTTER SENIOR FORMULATOR
United Gilsonite Laboratories has
named Richard
Potter senior formulator.
In his new
position, Potter
will oversee the
formulation and
quality control of
new products and
the com…
BROOKFIELD NAMES MOI VP
INTERNATIONAL BUS. DEVELOPMENT
B r o o k f i e l d
E n g i n e e r i n g
Laboratories has
promoted Joe Moi to
vice president of
international business
development.
For the past 16
years, Moi has
served as managing…
MAROON APPOINTS SZABO
CUSTOMER SERVICE REP
Maroon Inc., a specialty chemical
distributor, has appointed Nanette
Szabo customer service representative.
She has more than 10 years of
experience in customer service.…
Peter Stelert, previously director of
European business
management
for thermoplastic
polyurethanes at
Elastogran GmbH
(a BASF company),
has moved to
BASF Coatings
AG to become
group vice president
of the industrial
coatings
business. Thi…
DOW CHEMICAL APPOINTS
BANHOLZER CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
William F. Banholzer has been
appointed corporate vice president and
chief technology officer of The Dow
Chemical Company. Ban-holzer, who
will report to Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s…
Phillipe Schottland has been appointed
manager of Sun
Chemical Performance
Pigments’
n e w l y - f o r m e d
Advanced Technology
Group.
In this role,
Schottland will
focus his team on
special effect pigments,
next generation security…
The Valspar Corp. has named Rolf
Engh, executive vice president, general
counsel and secretary. Engh
joined Valspar in 1993 as vice president,
general counsel and secretary
and was named a senior vice president
in 1998.
Gary E. Hendrickson has…
DUPONT PROMOTES
WAGNER TO SALES DIRECTOR
Mark A. Wagner, global business
m a n g e r – Fo r d ,
DuPont Automotive
Systems, has been
promoted to North
American collision
sales director,
Refinish Americas.
He replaces John P.
Gallaher,…
KERR-MCGEE APPOINTS COO,
THREE NEW CORPORATE OFFICERS
Kerr-McGee Corp. has appointed
David A. Hager chief operating officer.
In this new position, Hager will
continue to lead the company’s
worldwide exploration and production
business, i…
POWDER COATINGS INSTITUTE
INSTALLS INTERPON’S
HEFLIN AS PRESIDENT
Dave Heflin, market manager of
Akzo Nobel Inc./Interpon Powder
Coatings, was installed as Powder
Coating Institute (PCI) president
for 2005-2006. Phil Bechtold of
Rohm an…
RPM HIRES INTERNAL AUDITOR
AND MATERIAL ANALYST
RPM International has hired Brett
Malone as senior internal auditor and
Alexis Senczylo as material
analyst–purchasing.
Malone brings more than nine years
of professional experience in inte…
KEANE APPOINTED DIRECTOR NACE
Tony Keane has been appointed executive
director of NACE International.
Formerly the COO of the Optical Society
of America (OSA), Keane has significant
not-for-profit association experience. CW…
Joseph M.
Scaminace has
stepped down as
president and
COO of the
Sherwin-Williams
Company and
resigned from the
board of directors.
Scaminace has
accepted the position
of president
and CEO of OM
Group Inc., a specialty
chemical
manufac…
PRESTON TAKES LEAD OF
EASTMAN DIVISION IN ASIA- PACIFIC
Robert Preston has been appointed
vice president and
managing director,
Eastman Chemical
Co.’s Eastman
division with
responsibility for
A s i a - P a c i f i c .
Preston has more…
WACKER CHEMICAL NAMES BORTONRUPERT
DIRECTOR CONTROLLING
Jennifer Borton-Rupert has been promoted
to director,
controlling, for the
Adrian, MI-based
Wacker Chemical
Company. She was
formerly business
unit controller for
the company. In her…