Reichhold has announced the promotions of Barry Gold and Anthony Eckel to sales managers. Gold will be responsible for the western part of the United States and Canada. He will also maintain responsibility for the Midwest, with sales representatives and distributors for the region reporting to him. Eckel will cover the East Coast and parts of the Southeast, with sales representatives and field sellers for the region reporting to him.
DeVilbiss, Binks, ITW Industrial Finishing, and the Forest and Wood Products Institute at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology workshop at the college’s Robert D. Wetmore Technology Center.
Sergio Dueñas has been appointed Mexico Territory Sales Manager for Plasticolors Inc. He will be the primary contact for customers in the thermoset plastics market in Mexico.
RBP Chemical Technology, Milwaukee, WI, has named Scott Cerny to the position of Midwest Technical Sales Representative. Based in Chicago, Cerny will serve customers in the upper Midwest. Prior to joining RBP Chemical Technology, Cerny managed a Midwest territory for a diverse chemical manufacturer.
The Army is using a new coating system to paint aircraft and other equipment that performs better than the standard system and is safer to human health and the environment.
Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc., a global supplier of effect pigments with corporate headquarters in Tamaqua, PA, has appointed William L. Baker to the position of Global Plastics Marketing Director.
Consumption in Asia of seven leading coatings additives was 655 million lbs., worth $1.5 billion, according to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore, OH, was presented with a 2007 Award for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).