International Paint names Neil Plowman marine and
protective coatings general manager for the Americas
International Paint LLC has named Neil
Plowman the company’s new marine and
protective coatings
general manager,
Americas. In this
role, Plowman will
be responsible for
providing strategic
leadership and oversight to all aspects
of the company’s financials and investments, supply chain
sales, R&D, operations and marketing efforts throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central and South America.
Plowman has 25 years of experience
within the International Paint worldwide
business serving Western Europe, North
America, Asia Pacific and the United Kingdom. Having begun his career at International Paint in 1987 as a sales
representative for the company’s specialty
coatings brand, he moved to yacht coatings
in 1989, where he worked his way through
a number of sales, marketing and product
management positions until he was named
International Paint’s worldwide yacht coatings general manager in 2005.
Neil Plowman
Micro Powders promotes David
Gittleman
Micro Powders, Inc., a manufacturer of
high-performance micronized wax additives, has promoted David Gittleman to
director of business development. In addition to identifying the needs of the current
product line, Gittleman will be responsible for expanding the business by identifying new markets, products and uses for
the existing product line. Gittleman will
assume these responsibilities for both the
industrial and personal care divisions.
Gittleman joined MPI in June 1992 as
a member of the R&D and technical service labs. Over the past 20 years he has
served Micro Powders in various capacities including R&D, quality assurance,
technical service management, regional
sales for the industrial and personal care
markets and most recently as the global
sales director for the personal care division. He will also continue in his current
role as global sales director of the personal care division of MPI.
RPM names Scott Copeland
director-corporate
development
Scott Copeland has joined RPM International Inc. as director-corporate development. His work will be focused on RPM’s
acquisition program. Prior to joining
RPM, Copeland was director, transaction
services with PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (PWC). While at PWC, he worked on
a wide variety of acquisitions and divestitures, both domestic and international, including more than 30 transactions for
RPM. Before working for PWC, he was
an auditor at KPMG in Cleveland, OH.
Emerald Polymer Additives
names Zuppo GM of lubricant
and plastic antioxidant product
lines
Emerald Polymer Additives, a division of
Emerald Performance Materials, has
named John Zuppo general manager of
lubricant and plastic antioxidant product
lines. In this role, Zuppo will be responsible for overseeing current operations, as
well as new product development and
strategic direction for the plastic and lubricant lines within Polymer Additives.
Previously Zuppo served as vice president
of procurement for all of Emerald’s business groups. Before joining Emerald, he
served as director of direct raw material
procurement for Ferro. He also served in
a variety of roles for Goodyear Tire, including business development, global materials management, sales and R&D.
Ace Hardware appoints John
Venhuizen COO
Ace Hardware Corporation has appointed
John Venhuizen chief operating officer.
Venhuizen has spent nearly two decades
with Ace and most recently served as executive vice president of supply chain, information technology and international. In this
position, he was instrumental both in significantly growing the number of Ace stores
around the world and in creating a variety
of successful support and incentive programs for retailers said the company. Venhuizen joined Ace in 1992 and has served in
a variety of regional and corporate-based
marketing, merchandising, advertising and
business development positions.
New marketing director for
Plascon
Gerard Metzer has been appointed the
marketing director of Plascon. In his new
position, he brings a 25-year local and international record of accomplishment
across the painting, coating, building materials and garden and home improvement
industries. Metzer is well versed in marketing, communications and sales, having
headed up an advertising agency, as well
as the marketing and related departments
for Mica, Servistar and Jacks Paints in
South Africa. Metzer has also worked
with Bosch Automotive in South Africa
and in Germany.
Motahari Pour joins Emerald
Kalama Chemical
Emerald Kalama Chemical has appointed
Golnar Motahari Pour K-Flex product
line manager for Europe. Middle East and
Africa. Pour fills a new position at the division European headquarters in Geleen,
The Netherlands, to support the growing
demand for the K-Flex product line in the
region. In this capacity, she will be a member of the division’s leadership team and
have responsibility for K-Flex sales and
operations throughout Europe. K-Flex is
a non-phthalate, non-SVHC, REACH preregistered dibenzoate plasticizer that offers multiple performance benefits for
adhesives, sealants, coatings, vinyl and
other end uses. CW
