PPG Industries has appointed Marcos
Achar Levy, previously chief executive
officer of Comex, vice
president, architectural
coatings, Mexico, and
CEO, PPG – Comex. He
will report to Michael
McGarry, PPG chief
operating officer. PPG
previously announced
it had completed its acquisition of Comex.
“We are pleased to have Marcos
Achar Levy and his leadership team join
PPG,” McGarry said. “We look forward
to continuing the successful traditions
of Comex and working closely with the
Personnel Changes at BASF
The Board of Executive Directors of
BASF has made several personnel changes
Gabriel Tanbourgi, president of the Care
Chemicals division, will retire effective
December 31, 2014. He will be succeeded by Hans W. Reiners, who is currently
president of the Performance Chemicals
division, effective January 1, 2015.
Prof. Dr. Christian Fischer, president, Advanced Materials & Systems
Research, will assume responsibility for the
Performance Chemicals division effective
January 1, 2015. Dr. Harald Lauke, president, Biological & Effect Systems Research,
will succeed Fischer at the same time.
Dr. Peter Eckes, president, Plant
Science, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, will assume responsibility for
the new research division, Bioscience
Research, Research Triangle Park, as of
January 1, 2015.
Dr. Stefan Blank, senior vice president
and managing director of BASF New
Business, Ludwigshafen, will become
president of the Intermediates division,
Ludwigshafen, effective December 1,
2014. The current head of the division,
Sanjeev Gandhi, has been appointed to
the Board of Executive Directors of BASF
SE. Dr. Guido Voit, senior vice president,
Intermediates Asia Pacific, BASF East
Asia RHQ Ltd., Hong Kong, will succeed
Blank as head of BASF New Business at
the same time.
Superior Materials Makes
Personnel Changes
Superior Materials Inc., an independent
specialty chemical distributor, located
in Garden City NY, has announced the
following personnel changes and promotions. Alex Blakeman has been promoted to senior director of technology.
Blakeman has been with Superior for
eight years and his technical knowledge and sales expertise is invaluable
to Superior and their suppliers. Bruce
Schimmel has been promoted to director of sales. Schimmel has been with
Superior for three and a half years and
is responsible for the Superior sales
team, covering the Mid- Atlantic, New
England and Mid-West territories.
Danny Madden has recently joined
Superior as the Mid-West regional account manager. Madden’s responsibilities include Ohio, Kentucky, portions
of Indiana and Michigan. He has spent
the previous 10 years in distribution in
this region. Matthew Kafka has recently
joined Superior Materials as a sales representative and will be covering the New
York, New Jersey area. He is a graduate
of Hofstra University in New York and
has worked part time for Superior for
two years.
Anvil Paint & Coatings
Announces New CEO,
President
The Board of Directors of Anvil Paint &
Coatings has promoted Glenn R. Roth
to the position of chief executive officer.
Roth has worked to develop the Anvil
brand for 16 years, and in that time has
been present for Anvil’s most recent ex-
pansions as the company now occupies
more than 55,000 square feet on five
acres to produce for national paint and
market channels.
Roth’s executive promotion was accompanied by the introduction of new president, Kurt D. Schwahn. With more than
20 years of expertise in senior sales and
major consumer good manufacturing,
Schwahn is the former director of regional and national sales and development of
organizations such as Stanley Black &
Decker and Newell Rubbermaid.
Bayer MaterialScience
Names Head of Industrial
Operations and Technology
Bayer MaterialScience has named Klaus
Schäfer head of Industrial Operations
and Technology.
He will assume global responsibility
for this unit effective January 1, 2015. At
the same time, he will become a member
of the company’s Executive Committee.
Schäfer, who previously served in other
leadership roles at Bayer MaterialScience,
will succeed Tony Van Osselaer, who is
retiring after 34 years with the company.
Quest Automotive Products
Appoints New Director
Quest Automotive Products (QAP), a
member of the Quest Specialty Chemicals
group, has hired Hermon Ferrell to be
the company’s new director of Product &
Color Management.
Ferrell brings more than 26 years
of industry experience to Quest
Automotive Products. His previous
roles included senior product marketing manager at Sherwin-Williams. This
role, among other senior leadership
positions, has given Ferrell an opportunity at QAP to oversee color management, color development, all aspects of
product management and new strategic
business developments. In turn, Ferrell
will focus on developing more forward-thinking tools and initiatives, leading to
customer-focused products and faster-to-market processes for QAP. CW
PPG Appoints Achar Levy VP,
Architectural Coatings Mexico
Achar Levy
