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November 3, 2005
Juan Carlos Ordoñez has been named vice president, BASF Automotive Refinish Solutions business unit in North America. In his new position, Ordoñez will be responsible for all aspects of BASF’s automotive refinish coatin…  Read More »

November 3, 2005
ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES NAMES FRENCH COO, HIRES SALES REP William J. French has been appointed chief operating officer for Elementis Specialties. French previously held the position of vice president of Elementis Specialties’ coatings,…  Read More »

November 3, 2005
LONG APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF SARTOMER ASIA David Long, Sartomer’s former vice president of finance Asia, has been tapped to lead the new Sartomer Asia division as general manager. Long will be based in Hong Kong and will be responsi…  Read More »

November 3, 2005
DUPONT TITANIUM TECHNOLOGIES MAKES LEADERSHIP CHANGES Sam W. Severance, vice president and general manager, DuPont Titanium Technologies, will retire from the company in early 2006 following 35 years of service. Richard C. Olson, vice pres…  Read More »

November 3, 2005
AIR PRODUCTS MAKES EXECUTIVE CHANGES Jeffrey Kramer has been named vice president, corporate development office. In this position, he is responsible for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate economics and commercial deve…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
Ilpo Jousimaa was appointed president of Tikkurila Coatings Oy. Previously, Jousimaa served as vice president of Tikkurila Oy. Effective Nov. 1, Tapio Saarela will serve as president of the Polish subsidiary TBD S.A., located in Debica. His pr…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
NUPLEX RESINS MAKES TWO PROMOTIONS, ADDS NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR Nuplex Resins has made several changes to its staff and management team. Patrick Nix has been promoted to sales and marketing services manager, replacing Robert Skarvan,…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
INTERNATIONAL PAINT HIRES SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER International Paint has hired Chuck Bacha to serve as its senior account executive for the southeastern U.S. A coatings industry veteran for more than 20 years, Bach…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
NEW PLANT MANAGER JOINS DURAKON LAPEER FACILITY Durakon Industries has hired John Walker as plant manager of its Lapeer, MI facility. Having held various responsibilities in engineering, strategic planning and production, Walker brings a wealt…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
SARTOMER APPOINTS VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE Sartomer Company, part of Total’s Chemicals branch, has named Vincent Vadot vice president of finance. In this position, Vadot is responsible for planning, organizing and controlling all financ…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
JACOBS NAMED PRESIDENT OF AUSTRALIAN PAINT MANUFACTURERS’ FEDERATION Graeme Jacobs, CEO of Dulux Australia, was elected president of the Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation. Vice presidents are John Nolan of Wattyl and Garth Smart…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
BUNGE APPOINTS GLOBAL PRODUCT MANAGER Bunge Fertilizantes has appointed Gilmar Pinheiro to help launch Biphor, a white pigment used in paint, coatings and allied products. As global product manager, Pinheiro will provide for the development of…  Read More »

October 14, 2005
BUCKMAN APPOINTS REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MANAGER Jody Stobbe has been appointed regulatory compliance manager at Buckman Laboratories, Inc. Stobbe’s responsibility is to maintain the company’s Hazardous Material Transportation compli…  Read More »

September 19, 2005
DuPont has appointed Terry Caloghiris vice president and general manager, Performance Coatings Transformation. In this role, Caloghiris will lead the strategic transformation of DuPont’s coatings businesses. He is currently vice pres…  Read More »

September 19, 2005
PRESIDENT OF TIKKURILA RESIGNS, MANAGEMENT REORGANIZES Ulf Koivula, president of Tikkurila Coatings Oy, has resigned from his position. Ilpo Jousimaa has been appointed to take his place. Prior to this appointment, Jousimaa was vice president,…  Read More »

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