AkzoNobel Wood Coatings has announced the appointment of Bryan Hodges as colour design manager, North America.
Quaker Houghton recently added to its team by welcoming Jeffrey Brown as account manager—metal finishing for the Canadian region.
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Gene Olivastri of Henkel Corporation has decided after a 32-year career with the corporation to retire.
In September, John Turner left his position as general manager of SATA Canada Inc., which thanked Turner for his dedication and commitment to the company. In the interim, Joern Stoever from the German parent company will be taking over the position.
SYSPRO, a global provider of industry-built enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, recently announced the appointment of Jaco Maritz as its global chief executive officer (CEO) while co-founder Phil Duff will be stepping into the role of executive chairman.
As the new director of AkzoNobel’s powder coating business, Jeff Jirak will be located at the company’s North American regional headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. For the last three years, Jirak held the position of chief commercial officer at Valtris Specialty Chemicals, and he has more than 30 years of experience in the performance materials and specialty chemicals sector.
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Cortec Corporation recently promoted its director of manufacturing, Caleb Pheneger, to the position of chief operations officer (COO). In his new role, Pheneger will be extending his support for projects and operations to Cortec’s Canadian subsidiary Bionetix, in addition to his manufacturing oversight of five Cortec Corporation plants in the United States.
Carlisle Fluid Technologies recently welcomed Courtney Pfortmiller to the company as Account Manager.
PPG recently appointed Brad Budde as vice president and chief digital officer (CDO), effective Sept. 6, 2022. Reporting directly to Irene Tasi, chief growth officer, Budde will lead the company’s digital strategy and execution to accelerate customer digital engagement with PPG.
GEW has announced the recent promotion of Adnan Ali to the role of commercial director. Based at GEW’s UK headquarters, Adnan is responsible for the company’s day-to-day commercial arrangements across all territories and manages both UV systems and spare parts departments.
