Sun Chemical has named Myron Petruch president, Performance Pigments. Petruch, who will oversee all of Sun Chemical’s global Performance Pigments business, joins Sun Chemical from BASF, where he was responsible for the company’s pigment and additives business for coatings.

Sun Chemical has named Myron Petruch president, Performance Pigments. Petruch, who will oversee all of Sun Chemical’s global Performance Pigments business, joins Sun Chemical from BASF, where he was responsible for the company’s pigment and additives business for coatings. He also held a variety of management positions in Engelhard before it was acquired by BASF, including full profit and loss responsibilities for its global colors business and global absorbents/chemical catalysts business.

Petruch holds a master’s degree in business administration, specializing in finance and international business from Seton Hall University, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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