Chemark names Reggie Horne VP,
industrial coatings and chemicals
The Chemark Consulting Group, Inc. of
Southern Pines, NC has appointed Reggie
Horne as vice president, industrial coatings and chemicals. Chemark , a globally
recognized management consulting company focusing narrowly on all aspects of
the coatings, paints, adhesives, sealants
and specialty chemicals value chain, will
be improved further with Horne’s knowledge, experience and contacts in the industrial coatings markets. “With his
30-plus years of highly successful marketing experience in the industrial coatings and chemicals businesses, the last 10
years being with PPG and Rohm & Haas,
Reggie can directly relate to the issues
and help industrial coatings businesses
grow profitably,” said Dr. Phil Phillips,
president and managing director of
Chemark. “Reggie is steeped in a broad
working knowledge of the industrial
coatings and chemicals business as a result of his diversified career in entry, middle and corporate level management
responsibilities. Chemark looks forward
to Reggie’s contribution and assistance in
client profitability.”
Aceto Corp. names new
VP human resources
Aceto Corp. has named Charles Alaimo
vice president, human resources, responsible for the coordination of all of Aceto’s
human resources activities globally. Most
recently, Alaimo served as director, global
human resources for Colby Electronics
Corp. where he was hired to lead the
strategic development and creation of the
human resources function for the global
consumer electronics and manufacturing
company.
Michelman appoints new
chemical specialties R&D
manager
Michelman has hired Michael Kramer as
its chemical specialties R&D manager.
Kramer will be based at the company’s
headquarters in Cincinnati, OH and will
be responsible for the global chemical specialties R&D activities, including project
and technology leadership, technical service and laboratory management. He will
also serve on the company’s technology
leadership team. Kramer has more than
15 years of technology experience in the
specialty chemical industry, including experience in radiation-curable and water-based technology, industrial coatings,
powder coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives and printing inks.
DKSH appoints new head for
global specialty chemicals
DKSH’s performance materials business
unit has appointed Natale Capri global
head of its business line specialty chemicals
industry. Capri brings more than 15 years
of experience in the
specialty chemicals
industry. Capri
started his career at
DKSH in 1998 as a
sales manager for
DKSH Italy. Subsequently, he managed
the business line specialty chemicals Industry in Europe and
in 2007 he was appointed vice president performance materials India, where he consolidated DKSH’s
chemical distribution business and successfully integrated the Voltas acquisition.
Natale Capri
Deeks makes additions
to company
Deeks and Company, Inc., a chemical and
container distributor based in the southeast U.S., has hired Dennis R. James as an
account executive responsible for eastern
GA and SC. In his new position James
brings many years of experience in the
chemical trades. Deeks also hired Edward
B. Grey as account executive for western
GA, AL and the panhandle of FL. Grey
brings 15 years of chemical sales experience to his new position. The company
also promoted C. Michael Buerkle to
product manager-chemicals, Charles
Bridges to product manger-containers and
Laurie Barfield has been named manager-new markets.
Nuplex Resins appoints John
Willhite as technical manager,
industrial markets
Nuplex Resins has appointed John A. Willhite as technical manager, industrial markets, effective November 29, 2010. In this
role, Willhite will
lead and manage all
activities of the Applications and Technical Service
Laboratory related
to the industrial
coatings markets.
Willhite’s broad experience from a wide
range of coatings
and resins companies will be beneficial in
Nuplex Resins’ technical service support to
its customers.
John Willhite
Pilarz named 2011 ASTM
International chairman
Catherine (Kitty) H. Pilarz, senior director
of Mattel/Fisher-Price product safety has
been elected chairman of the board of directors of ASTM International, one of the
world’s largest and diverse standards developing organizations. Pilarz, who has served
on the ASTM board of directors since
2006, is vice chairman of new projects for
ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products, co-chairman of Subcommittee F15.18
and is a participant in many other F15 subcommittees. She was honored with the
2006 ASTM Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow for her contributions
to F15, a committee of more than 900 manufacturers, end-users, industry associations,
regulatory authorities, health professionals
and consumer advocacy groups who develop voluntary product standards to improve product safety. CW
