PPG Industries has appointed Michael H.
McGarry, currently chief operating officer, to president and chief operating officer. The appointment was effective March
1. McGarry became chief operating officer in August 2014.
McGarry will continue to have executive oversight responsibility for all of
(EH&S), and purchasing functions. He will
remain based at PPG’s
global headquarters in Pittsburgh and
will continue to report to Chairman and
CEO Charles E. Bunch.
“Michael’s appointment to presi-
dent recognizes his continued leader-
ship in driving PPG’s growth as the
world’s largest coatings company,”
Bunch said. “Michael has played a key
role in important strategic actions, in-
cluding PPG’s acquisition and success-
ful integration of AkzoNobel’s North
American architectural coatings busi-
ness and the recently completed acqui-
sition of Consorcio Comex. Michael’s
proven ability to lead the implementa-
tion of our global business strategies
will continue to be important in deliv-
ering increased shareholder value.”
During his 34 years with PPG,
McGarry has served in a variety of key
business and functional leadership roles
in the United States, Europe and Asia. In
addition, he helped lead several strategic
actions that have transformed PPG’s busi-
ness portfolio, most notably the acquisi-
tion of SigmaKalon; the separation of
PPG’s former commodity chemicals busi-
ness; the acquisition and integration of
AkzoNobel’s North American architec-
tural coatings business; and, most recent-
ly, the acquisition of Consorcio Comex,
S.A. de C.V.
McGarry joined PPG in 1981 as an
engineer at the company’s Lake Charles,
Louisiana chemicals complex. He then
progressed through a series of management assignments of increasing responsibility, including market development
manager, silica products; operations manager, silicas, Thailand; business manager,
TESLIN sheet; and product manager in
the derivatives, chlorine, liquid and dry
caustic soda businesses.
He was named general manager, fine
chemicals, in 2000, and vice president,
chlor-alkali and derivatives, in 2004.
McGarry was elected vice president,
coatings, Europe, and managing director, PPG Europe, in 2006, and senior
vice president, commodity chemicals, in
2008. He was named executive vice president in September 2012. In this role, his
leadership responsibilities included the
automotive refinish, aerospace, global
architectural, and protective and marine
coatings businesses, as well as the Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia
Pacific regions, and the EH&S and IT
functions.
McGarry also serves as a director on
the boards of Axiall Corporation and
Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.
Shamrock Technologies
Names New Director of
Sales for EMEA
Shamrock Technologies Inc. has appointed Erik Colstee director of sales in
Europe, Middle East
and Africa. Colstee’s
background is in the
inks and coatings industry. He has more
than 25 years of experience in chemical
technology, with a
proven dedication to
serving customers.
Shamrock Technologies is a global
leader in PTFE Micropowders and the
originator of micronized waxes for the
printing ink market. Shamrock offers both
dry powder additives and dispersions
such as SST, MicroFLON, NanoFLON,
AquaFLON, FluoroSLIP, FluoroSPERSE
and Texture. With manufacturing facili-
ties and application labs in New Jersey,
Kentucky, Belgium, and China, Shamrock
is well positioned to service its global
clients with local production and for-
mulations support. Shamrock’s diverse
product lines offer unique and innova-
tive solutions to problems challenging
the inks, coatings, grease, personal care,
engineering plastics and other industries
that require surface modification, wear
and abrasion resistance, and lubrication.
EW Kaufmann Makes
Executive Promotions
Ted Burke recently took over as president of EW Kaufmann after Brian
O’Connor’s retirement. O’Conner has
been at EW Kaufmann since 1995 and
served as president since 2007. Burke
joined EW Kaufmann in March 2014
as vice president of sales. Burke came to
Kaufmann with 39 years of experience
in the chemical distribution industry.
He served as president of Callahan from
1994 until September of 2013. In addition to his experience at Callahan, he is a
former regional president of the National
Association of Chemical Distributors, and
a former member of its National Board.
He also served for six years as a Trustee
on the Chemical Education Foundation.
Shaun Julian became the vice
president of sales at EW Kaufmann
succeeding Ted Burke. Prior to being
promoted to VP of sales, Julian was responsible for the Central/Northern NJ,
Metro through Albany, NY and Western
CT regions since joining EW Kaufmann
in 2010.
Shaun has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing in the chemical industry. He is active in numerous
technical organizations and is a past-president and current Chairman of the Board
PPG Appoints McGarry
President and Chief Operating Officer
