People In The News
August 10, 2005
H.B. Fuller: The company announced
that Patricia Jones has joined the
company as chief administrative
officer. She will oversee legal,
human resources, community affairs,
public relations and other
administrative functions. Ms. Jones
will also…
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August 10, 2005
Valspar: J.P. Tardif has been promoted
to business manager, Canada
at Valspar Composites. He will be
responsible for the commercial side
of the composites business in
Canada. Mr. Tardif has been in sales
with the composites group for four
year…
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August 10, 2005
Spraylat: Spraylat Corporation
announced that Mark Hanson has
been appointed to the Illinois/Iowa
sales territory for the powder coatings
business unit…
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August 10, 2005
Lansco Colors: Lansco Colors
announced that Jeanne Bernard has
joined the company as technical
director. In this position, she will
help Lansco Colors expand its technical
knowledge and capabilities and
will also play a key role working
with c…
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August 10, 2005
ICI Paints: The company announced
that Larry Porcellato has been promoted
to chief executive officer of the
company’s North American operations,
based in Cleveland, OH. He has
also been named president of the ICI
Paints North American boa…
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August 10, 2005
MD-Both Industries: Chris Ravenscroft
has been appointed president of MDBoth
Industries, a North American
provider of metallic inks, bronze and
aluminum pigments and carbon black
dispersions. In addition to overseeing
MD-Both Industries, Mr. Ra…
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August 10, 2005
Engelhard: Christine A. Gehres has
joined Engelhard as vice president,
marketing, for appearance and performance
technologies. She will be
responsible for marketing and strategic
growth initiatives for appearance
and performance technologies so…
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August 10, 2005
Solutia, Inc.: Solutia, Inc. has
announced the appointment of Steven
Zollmann to the new position of global
business director for coating resins
and additives.
Mr. Zollmann has more than 20
years of experience in the coatings
industry. He will…
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August 10, 2005
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings:
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings
has announced the promotions of three
of its top executives. Jim Stevens has
been named marketing development
director–aerospace and military. Mr.
Stevens, who has m…
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August 10, 2005
● BASF: Thomas Stewing, automotive
refinish sales manager for Germany at
Glasurit GmbH, a company of BASF
Coatings AG, has taken over the sales
central/eastern Europe unit within
the metal coatings department at
BASF Coatings. Franz-Josef…
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August 10, 2005
Kapco: Kapco (Kent Adhesive
Products Co.) announced that Kevin
Soles has joined the company as a
sales representative. Mr. Soles is
based in Erie, PA and will be responsible
for new business development
throughout the state, as well as
account…
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August 10, 2005
Shamrock Technologies Inc.: This
processor of micronized polytetrafluoroethylene
and waxes recently appointed
Joon Choo as vice president
of marketing worldwide.
Mr. Choo joined Shamrock
Technologies in 1983 as a development
chemist and has se…
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August 10, 2005
Chemidex: Chemidex has opened an
office in Germany to extend its commitment
to the European coatings industry.
Leading the European organization
will be Henning Schwinum who was
hired as managing director. Mr.
Schwinum, a native of Germany, was…
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August 10, 2005
CEPE: On June 6, the general assembly
of CEPE elected or re-elected
seven members of the executive board.
Martin Kanert (VdMi, Germany) was
elected for a three-year term. Michel
Le Tallec (FIPEC, France) and Moira
McMillan (BCF, UK) were electe…
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August 10, 2005
PPG: Werner Baer has joined PPG
Industries as vice president, information
technology, responsible for managing
the company’s global information
technology systems and strategies.
Prior to this, he served as global
director of information…
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