Sartomer Americas has named Chris
Halvorsen and Bruce Bradley senior account managers with sales responsibility
for customers in the Midwest territory.
Halvorsen brings to Sartomer more than
15 years of management experience and
knowledge of the graphic arts market.
Halvorsen will support customers in
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Halvorsen most recently worked as global marketing manager at Lawter Inc.,
where he managed sales, marketing and
product portfolios for the coatings, adhesives and ink resins businesses.
Prior to that, Halvorsen held key positions in marketing, technical sales and
product development at Lubrizol Corp.
and at AkzoNobel. Notably, he managed several product lines including ink
vehicles, waxes and pigment dispersants
while product manager at Lubrizol.
Bradley will support customers in
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee and contribute to their
success with his extensive experience in
the coatings market.
Bradley comes to Sartomer from
Precoat Metals, where he served as market development manager in the U.S. and
Mexico. He previously held key positions
with Sherwin-Williams, Becker Specialty
Coatings Co. and Resinkem Ltd.
Both report directly to Christian
Petrangeli, Sartomer’s Americas sales
manager. “Adding Chris and Bruce to our
team will improve our ability to provide
customers with the solutions to meet their
specific needs,” said Petrangeli.
Artic Minerals Appoints
General Manager
Ryan Brownhill has been appointed general manager of Arctic Minerals, LLC of
Jeffersonville, Indiana. His primary responsibility will be in directing the growth
and profitability of Arctic Minerals,
which includes both ThermaFlex
Phlogopite, BriteFlex Muscovite and
A-Flex Muscovite micas.
J.W. Ostendorf Appoints
Adams as Managing
Director of Renaulac France
and Ostendorf UK
J.W. Ostendorf (JWO) has appointed
George Adams, member of the J.W.
Ostendorf group Supervisory Board,
as managing director UK and France.
Adams has deep knowledge of DIY across
Europe, having been CEO of Maxeda
DIY in the Netherlands and Belgium,
and having spent 16 years at Kingfisher.
Adams was president of the EDRA, the
European DIY retailers association, for
two years. He will be responsible for developing J. W. Ostendorf with British and
French accounts across Europe.
Leneta Announces New
Hires
Leneta Company, the original manufacturer of Penopac Charts, has announced
that Sam Schaeffer and David Schaeffer
will be joining in a business operations capacity. Sam joins with a Master
of Business Administration from Clark
University and David joins with work
experience at the National Association of
Manufacturers and Navigant Consulting.
Chromaflo Realigns
Mangement Team
Chromaflo Technologies has recently tak-
en several steps toward strengthening its
organizational framework regionally, and
further improving synergies as a leading
global supplier of colorant systems, chem-
ical and pigment dispersions. Brij Mohal,
former global VP of marketing and tech-
nology, will take on the newly created
position of vice president and managing
director – Americas. Mohal will retain
his global responsibility for technology
initiatives. Concurrently, Chromaflo has
transitioned Larry Haines from his role
in strategic business development to serve
as coatings business director, Americas.
As managing director, Mohal will focus
on improving processes in the Americas
with a strong emphasis on customer sat-
isfaction and technology development.
Haines will be responsible for planning
and implementing sales initiatives and
overseeing marketing and technical ser-
vice in North and South America.
ACCESSA Coatings
Solutions Hires Sales
Manager
ACCESSA Coatings Solutions, an industrial coatings provider, has hired
Peter Countryman as its sales manager.
Countryman brings 12 years of executive sales management experience to
ACCESSA and is responsible for the management and growth of the sales division,
including its direct sales team and distribution group.
Assovernici Names New
President
Assovernici, an organization representing the Italian paint industry has named
Carlo Junghanns president. He succeeds
Giorgio Rupni.
Elevance Names Mills to
Board of Directors
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has
named Steven Mills former CFOat
Amyris, Inc., to Elevance’s board of directors. Mills has extensive experience
in the fields of accounting, corporate finance, strategic planning and mergers
and acquisitions.
Micro Powders Appoints
Regional Sales Manager
Micro Powders, Inc. has hired Mark
Corrigan as the company’s regional sales
manager for their industrial products
division based out of Tarrytown, New
York. Corrigan will handle the Northeast,
Canada, portions of Upper Midwest and
Texas regions. Corrigan has 30 years of
industry experience handling specialty
chemical sales for the coatings, paints and
graphic arts industries. CW
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