Valspar appoints Hendrickson CEO
The Valspar Corp. has promoted Gary
Hendrickson to CEO, succeeding William
tinue as chairman, the company said.
Hendrickson joined Valspar in 1994. He
held positions for Valspar in Australia and
Hong Kong before leading its consumer
business in 2005.
Gary Hendrickson
AkzoNobel hires top executive
for decorative paints business
in China
AkzoNobel has appointed Lin Liangqi as
the new managing director, decorative
paints for China and North Asia. He was
most recently CEO at Philips Lighting
Greater China and has held several key
roles within the
company, which he
joined in 1994.
Liangqi has extensive experience in
China and India
and in his new role
will help increase
the Dulux brand’s
market share over
the next five years.
Lin Liangqi
Dr. Bernhard Düttmann to
become Lanxess’ CFO
The supervisory board of Lanxess AG
agreed recently to revoke the contract of
Matthias Zachert, member of the board
of management and CFO, as of March 31,
2011. Zachert had requested the board to
do so accordingly. In his current function,
he has been a member of the board of
management since 2004. Dr. Bernhard
Düttmann, previously member of the
board of management and CFO of Beiers-dorf AG, Hamburg, has been appointed
member of the board of management and
CFO of Lanxess AG as of April 1, 2011.
Gelest makes key
appointments
Gelest, Inc. has appointed Janis Matisons
senior technical manager, who will report
to Jerry Larson, vice
president R&D. In
addition Jonathan
Goff has been appointed manager,
silicones R&D and
Yun Mi Kim has
been named technical service manager.
As senior technical
manager, Matisons
is responsible for the development of innovative material and polymer technologies. He has been involved in applied
chemical research for more than 30 years,
Janis Matisons
Industry veteran Stu Aronson
passes away
Stuart Aronson, age 69, passed away
on January 23, 2011. A veteran of
the industry for more than 40 years,
Aronson held positions at Neville
Chemical, Polyvinyl Resins (now
DSM), SP Morell, Focus Chemical
and, most recently, as an account
manager for Palmer Holland. He was
a member of SACI, FSCT and Baltimore Society for Coatings Technology, and served on the Board of
Directors of the New York Society for
Coatings Technology as the Employment Chairman. Aronson is survived
by his wife Eileen, two daughters, a
stepdaughter, a stepson and four
grandchildren.
specializing in materials, polymer- and
silicon-based research. Matisons
has published more
than 400 scientific,
technical and conference articles. He
also has participated
in 28 major indus-try-academic collaborative grants resulting in more than
two-dozen patents, the formation of three
spinoff companies, and the launching of
79 products into the marketplace.
As manager, silicones R&D, Goff is responsible for leading the efforts of the silicones research and
development group
at Gelest. He joined
the company in
2009 as a polymer
development
chemist, working to
develop new silicone
products. Goff has
co-authored 16 published papers on silicones and other polymeric materials.
As technical service manager Kim is
responsible for leading Gelest’s technical
service group, and specializes in surface
modification and silicon chemistry. She
joined Gelest as an application chemist
in September 2006. Kim began her professional career as a research chemist at
Kudko Chemical Ltd. in South Korea,
specializing in epoxy resin systems and
hardeners. Kim has
published seven papers and holds two
patents.
Company veteran Edward Kimble has been
promoted to product manager, silicones, and Barbara
Tsuie has been pro-
Johnathan Goff
Yun Mi Kim
Edward Kimble
