Coatings World - February 2008

People on the Move
PPG names director of market development

PPG coil and extrusion coatings has named Roger Sieja director of market development for coil coatings. In his new position, Sieja will be responsible for directing PPG’s marketing efforts in the coil coating industry and for providing strategic direction to the sales and marketing teams. Sieja has more than 30 years of experience in metals, coatings and the coil coating process. He is currently president of the National Coil Coating Association.

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SEI CHEMICAL NAMES
STEPHENSON CHIEF CHEMIST
SEI Chemical has appointed Maurice

A.S. Stephenson chief chemist. In this newly created position Stephenson will be responsible for expanding and enhancing SEI’s anti-graffiti and anti-mold product lines. CW

AAKASH CHEMICALS NAMES
NEW BUSINESS MANAGER

Aakash Chemicals and Dye-Stuffs, Inc. has named Miguel Santamaria international business manager. Most recently, Santa-maria served as vice president, Americas, for CPS Color. He has exten- sive commercial and technical expertise in the paint and coatings industry and will initially focus on the Latin American markets and major global customers to sup- _Miguel _Santamariaport Aakash’s strong growth.

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SARTOMER NAMES OPPENSTEIN SENIOR TECHNICAL SALES REP Sartomer Company has named Adam Oppenstein senior technical sales representative for the U.S. western region. In this position, he will be responsible for sales and technical support for all Sartomer products in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. He reports to John Grozak, western regional sales manager. Oppenstein joins Sartomer after spending five years with Becker Specialty Corp. as account manager servicing the western U.S. and Mexico. He also served seven years with BASF, where he was responsible for

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