Coatings World - July 2009

People on the Move
AkzoNobel appoints Schoehijs CIO

Pieter Schoehuijs has been appointed AkzoNobel’s new chief information officer (CIO). Schoehuijs joined the company from Church and Dwight Corp. in New Jersey in the U.S., where he held the position of vice president and CIO. Prior to this position, he was the global IT director at BASF Catalyst, formerly Engelhard. He succeeds Gerard Helmink, who has held various positions across information technology within the company for more than 40 years.

UNIVAR NAMES HENDERSON COUNTRY LEADER Univar, a chemical distributor, has appointed Paul Henderson as country leader Switzerland. In his new role, Henderson will lead Univar’s Swiss team. Before joining Univar Switzerland, Henderson held a leadership position in Distrupol, a Univar company, which is a major distribution and service supplier to the polymer consuming industry in Europe. In this position, he successfully grew the business in the UK, Ireland, Benelux and the Nordic region. Henderson joins Univar Europe following an international career with more than 30 years in the chemical industry. He has worked in South Africa, the U.S. and Germany with ICI and in Switzerland with DuPont. He gained

in-depth knowledge and experience in a range of management positions in several relevant sectors including petrochemicals (ICI), synthetic fibers (ICI/DuPont), specialty waxes (Burmah Castrol), acrylics (Lucite International) and plastics polymers (Distrupol).

LINTECH INTERNATIONAL EXPANDS SALES GROUP Lintech International has added Sean Crow to its sales group. Crow is based in Los Angeles and will be covering Southern CA, UT, NV and AZ. He joins Lintech with an extensive coatings and resins technical background.

ECOLOGY COATINGS NAMES STOLZ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Ecology Coatings, a manufacturer of nanotechnology-enabled, UV-curable materials, has appointed Kevin Stolz chief financial officer. Stolz replaces David Morgan, who left the company to pursue other business opportunities. Stolz joined Ecology Coatings as controller and chief accounting officer in February 2007.

MYERS ENGINEERING HIRES TWO NEW SALES REPS Myers Engineering has hired two new representatives to sell its line of dis-

persing equipment in Chile and Mexico. Rene Pallalever has been hired to represent Chile. Gustavo Suarez Lopez has been hired to represent the northeast territory of Mexico.

ICI INDIA NAMES

MANAGING DIRECTOR ICIIndia Ltd. has announced that Rajiv Jain will step down as managing director. Amit Jain will succeed him. Non-executive director, M.V. Subbiah will retire from the board. Nihal Kaviratne has been appointed an additional director.

PPG’S PMC BUSINESS NAMES HARTINGS GENERAL MANAGER PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has appointed Michael T. Hartings as general manager, PMC, U.S. and Canada. Hartings began his career with PPG in 1992 and has served in several managerial roles of increasing responsibility in the U.S. and Asia. Most recently, Hartings was general manager, PPG Coatings Malaysia, where he led the automotive and industrial coatings businesses in Southeast Asia. Hartings will be relocating from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to PPG’s corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. CW