Coatings World - December 2010

BASF names McHenry VP, resins and
additives in North America

BASF has appointed Michael McHenry
as vice president, resins and additives,
in North America. He will be based in
Wyandotte, Michigan. McHenry joined
BASF in 2009 as part of the Ciba
Corporation acquisition. He has served
in a variety of leadership positions in
the specialty chemicals markets, and
has worked for BASF’s dispersions and
pigments business since April 2009.
Prior to joining BASF, McHenry served
as president of the Ciba Specialty
Chemicals Coating Effects Segment in
North and South America responsible
for sales, marketing, product manage-
ment, technical service and supply
chain activities for the specialty pig-
ments and additives business.

GACO WESTERN NAMES
PETERSON NEW CFO

Gaco Western, manufacturer of elas-
tomeric coatings and polyurethane
spray foam for
the construction
and waterproof-
ing industries,
has appointed
Eric Peterson as
its new chief
financial officer.
Peterson will be
located at the
company’s corpo-
rate headquarters
in Seattle, Washington. Peterson will
oversee all of Gaco’s financial strategies
including budgeting and forecasting,
financial reporting, planning and analy-
sis, cash management, insurance, legal
and internal audit.

Eric Peterson
UNIVAR TO APPOINT BYRNE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Univar Inc. announced that Mark Byrne
will be appointed as executive vice pres-
ident and chief operating officer of
Univar. The appointment is pending the
successful acquisition of Basic Chemical
Solutions, L.L.C. (BCS) by Univar, which
is expected to close in the first quarter of
2011. In this new role, Byrne will be
responsible for managing Univar’s glob-
al business units as well as the integra-
tion of Univar and BCS. He will report
to John Zillmer, president and chief
executive of Univar. Byrne has been the
president and CEO of Basic Chemical
Solutions since he co-founded the com-
pany in 1995.

BAYER ANNOUNCES
SEVERAL NEW ADDITIONS
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has
appointed Dr. Volker Mirgel, Dr. Sharon
Feng and John Brandt to its coatings,
adhesives and specialties (CAS) leader-
ship team in the NAFTA region. Dr.
Volker Mirgel was appointed senior vice
president, coatings, adhesives and spe-
cialties for Bayer MaterialScience
NAFTA. In this role, he directs Bayer
MaterialScience LLC as a raw materi-
als supplier for the coatings and adhe-
sives industry in the NAFTA region. Dr.
Sharon Feng was appointed vice presi-
dent of business development for coat-
ings, adhesives and specialties NAFTA
and is responsible for managing appli-
cation development and product per-
formance. John Brandt was named
head of CAS Specialties NAFTA. In this
role, he is responsible for managing all
aspects of the Baycusan cosmetics raw
materials, Baytubes multiwalled car-
bon nanotubes and Baymedix coating
and adhesive technologies brands for
the NAFTA region.
EVONIK APPOINTS VP, SITE MANAGER
FOR ALABAMA OPERATIONS
Evonik Degussa Corp. has appointed
Bonnie Tully as vice president and site
manager for the company’s Mobile,
Alabama operations, effective March 1,
2011. Tully will take over from Tom
Bates, president of Evonik’s North
America region, who will now concen-
trate on the growth and development of
Evonik in North America. Tully is cur-
rently plant manager for Evonik’s lubri-
cant additives facility in Singapore.

NSL ANALYTICAL MAKES
NEW APPOINTMENTS
NSL Analytical Services Inc. has hired
three new people to help the company
expand across new industries and geo-
graphic areas. Ray Wymer has accepted
the newly created position of chief oper-
ating officer. He will help maintain the
growth NSL has experienced over the
past few years, helping the company
address the challenges that result from
such rapid progress. Anil Joshi is the
company’s new quality assurance man-
ager. His extensive experience with high-
temperature aerospace alloys and quality
systems will help to support NSL’s
expansion in the aerospace materials and
nuclear industries. Rich Balamut will
represent NSL in the Northeast. As man-
ager of business development, Balamut
will provide face-to-face contact with cus-
tomers to assist them with testing
requirements. He will also help expand
the company’s presence in the region.
UCOAT IT HIRES HANK VAN AGEN
UCoat It America, a provider of commer-
cial-grade epoxy floor coating systems,
recently hired Hank Van Agen for dealer
development. Van Agen offers more than
22 years of sales and management expe-
rience from various industries through-
out the state of Michigan. He will work
with all current and future authorized
UCoat It dealers in sales assistance, pro-
motions and marketing. CW

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