Emerald Specialties Group Forms Digital Team for Hilton Davis Colorants
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH – Emerald Specialties Group, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has formed a team focused on digital applications, expanding its commercial and research and development (R&D) staff for Hilton Davis® color and black dispersions. The move supports growing demand in the key digital and inkjet segments. The company appointed Willis Reese as Business Director and added Jim Brock and Xiaoming Wu to the growing R&D team as Dispersions R&D Chemist and Senior Digital Technologies Chemist, respectively.
As Business Director, Reese will focus on the commercialization of Emerald's newly patented line of Lucida Colors self-dispersed pigment dispersions, including the development of markets and customers, and develop strategy for select technical dye and polymer technology in the digital marketplace. He is involved in several digital ink and printing technology associations, and his background in specialty materials includes a variety of business development and commercial roles with a focus on graphic arts and digital applications. Most recently, he held the position of Chief Digital Officer with Premier Digital Ink, and he also held business leadership positions with Sakata INX, Hexion, Lubrizol and Sun Chemical.