Albert von Hebel appointed member of the
management team of BYK-Chemie GmbH
Albert von Hebel
has succeeded Gerd
Büscher as managing
director of BYK-Chemie GmbH. In
his new role, he is responsible for the
areas of finance, controlling, purchasing,
IT, integrated management systems and general administration. von Hebel is 49 years of age and was
born in Papenburg, Emsland in Lower Saxony. After studying business economics in
Münster, he worked for roughly eight years
at an auditing and tax advisory company
in Düsseldorf. During this time, he successfully completed his tax consultant state
examination. In the 20 years following, he
was employed in a variety of roles in commercial departments of the companies
within the Altana Group. In 1996 he
moved to BYK-Chemie GmbH in Wesel.
For the last four years, von Hebel has been
head of finance and controlling of Altana
AG. Büscher is retiring in May after 20
years’ service with the company.
von Hebel
Alexander Serbin named sales
manager of Azelis Rus
Specialty chemicals
distributor Azelis is
expanding its operations in Russia into
the coatings market.
Alexander Serbin
has been appointed
as sales manager
dedicated to grow
sales in this market,
which is estimated
to be worth in the region of 1.2 million
tons of paint. Serbin studied at the Russian University of Chemical Technology
and since graduating has followed a career in sales to the chemicals and the coatings industry. He brings to Azelis Rus
extensive knowledge of coatings products—resins, additives, pigments/fillers—
Serbin
and their use in applications such as
paints and varnishes, adhesives and
sealants, inks and building and construction. Azelis has had a presence in Russia
since April 2008 when an office was
opened in Moscow with local warehousing facilities nearby. Later, the local presence has been extended to St Petersburg
and Novosibirsk to service customers
spread throughout this vast country. Operations in Russia are headed up by regional managing director, Igor Loginov.
Steven Reinstadtler elected to
board of Polyurea
Development Association
Bayer MaterialScience LLC coatings expert Steven Reinstadtler has been elected
to the Polyurea Development Association
(PDA) board of directors. Reinstadtler, industrial marketing manager, construction
for the coatings, adhesives and specialties
(CAS) division, Bayer MaterialScience
LLC, will serve a two-year term on the
PDA board, effective immediately. He has
been a member of PDA since 2001.
Ray Hurst joins Dowd and
Guild
Ray Hurst has joined Dowd and Guild
Inc., representing the company in the
Southwest region. He will cover Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. In
this new position, he will be responsible
for sales as well as recruiting new suppliers for the territory. Hurst has worked for
chemical manufacturers as well as in distribution and brings 24 years of experience in sales and management to Dowd
and Guild Inc.
Eva Müller appointed new
member of the management
board at BASF Coatings GmbH
The supervisory board of BASF Coatings
GmbH has appointed Eva Müller as man-
aging director of BASF Coatings GmbH,
Münster, effective May 1, 2011. Müller is
currently vice president corporate com-
munications at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen
as well as head of the Wissensfabrik - Un-
ternehmen für Deutschland e.V. She suc-
ceeds Dr. Helmut Rödder, who was
managing director in Münster for four
years. Dr. Rödder will assume the position
of the BASF Group’s chief compliance of-
ficer effective June 1, 2011. Müller will be
in charge of the human resources, finance,
legal, taxation, IT, supply chain and logis-
tics, purchasing, environmental protection
and occupational safety departments.
Tracy Baugh joins U.S. Zinc
U.S. Zinc has named Tracy Baugh executive vice president, commercial with responsibility for global commercial,
marketing and sales. Baugh will be based
in Houston, Texas/USA. She most recently
worked as commercial director for a global
leader in specialized polymer materials.
Throughout his career, he has held numerous sales and management positions with
noted chemical and polymer companies.
Bruce Schimmel named sales
manager for Super Materials
Superior Materials, Inc., Garden City, New
York has named Bruce Schimmel sales manager. He brings to
Superior his expertise in the handling of
national accounts as
well as management
over expanded territories. Most recently,
Schimmel was business development
manager with Hy-drite Chemical. Previously he has held upper management
positions with Alcan, Ultra Additives-Mun-zing and Eckart America. He is well-versed
in the sale of pigments, additives and resins
to recipe manufacturers. In his new role,
Schimmel will lead Superior Materials’
more thorough coverage of the New England area as well as handle individual account responsibility. CW
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