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PPG elects Tim Knavish president and CEO

PPG has announced that Tim Knavish, chief operating officer, has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective Jan. 1, 2023. Knavish has joined the company’s Board of Directors, effective...

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IMCD appoints new Managing Director in Egypt

IMCD Egypt, part of IMCD Group, has appointed Ahmed Nousser, as Managing Director for Egypt.

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FATIPEC: the terms of responsibilities prolonged

Dr Michael Hilt, Jozef Koziel und Alain Lemor will take over their current responsibilities for four more years.

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Michael Hansen to succeed Lars Petersson as CEO of Hempel

Michael Hansen will step into his new position on 15 October 2022.

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Akzo Nobel appoints Roger Jakeman as CTO

Roger Jakeman has been appointed as Akzo Nobel’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), succeeding Klaas Kruithof, who retired as of July 1, 2022.

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Rakesh Sachdev takes on role of interim CEO at Axalta

Axalta Coating Systems has announced that Robert Bryant will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer to pursue other opportunities, effective August 31, 2022.

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Change in the Management Board of Altana

The specialty chemicals group Altana has announced a change in the composition of its Management Board. Dr. Christoph Schlünken will retire at the end of this year and hand over his board responsibilities...

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IMCD announces Management Board (re)appointments

At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of IMCD approved the reappointment of Piet van der Slikke (CEO) and Hans Kooijmans (CFO) as members of the Management Board for another term of two and four...

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Yann Lissillour becomes CEO of Safic-Alcan

Martial Lecat and Philippe Combette, who joined Safic-Alcan in June and October 1988 respectively, have ceased their functions within the Executive Committee on April 1, 2022. At the same time, Philippe...

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Songwon announces new chairman and changes to its board

Songwon has announced that Mr. Dongbek Park was appointed as new outside Director of the Board of Directors at the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting held in Ulsan, Korea, on March 18....

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Tom Bowtell elected President of the World Coatings Council

Chief Executive of the British Coatings Federation will lead global organisation for two years.

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Lori Gobris joins Michelman as Global Marketing Manager for Circular Economy

Gobris will be responsible for Michelman's global market strategy and programs that enable sustainable packaging solutions for the Circular Economy within its Printing & Packaging business segment....

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Sherwin-Williams announces leadership changes

The Sherwin-Williams Company has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Heidi G. Petz to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer effective March 1, 2022.

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Robert G. Kramer joins Chem Quest Group as Director

The Chem Quest Group, a global business strategy and external technology development firm with focus and expertise specific to the specialty chemicals markets, announces the addition of Robert G. Kramer...