NAMES IN THE NEWS

Specialty chemicals distributor Barentz recently appointed Mark Blakely as President of its North American CASE & Plastics vertical.

The World BioEconomy Forum has inducted Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, founder and Chairman of Praj Industries, to its advisory board.

Michael Ertl has taken over as head of the Inorganic Pigments business unit at LANXESS. Ertl succeeds Holger Hueppeler, who heads the newly formed Flavors & Fragrances business unit at LANXESS following the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical.

R.E. Carroll Inc. recently announced that Scott Erwin has joined the company as Technical Sales Representative for the Southeast United States. Erwin is responsible for accounts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. has tasked Carlos Hernandez, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, with an expanded role of management responsibility for Orion’s technical service applications laboratory in New Jersey.

Michelman has hired two new associates to lead regulatory and environmental, health and safety (EH&S), and regulatory compliance and product stewardship. Jon Hunter is Michelman’s new Director, Global Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), responsible for global EH&S strategic leadership, oversight and team development. Sonia Razzaque was appointed the new Vice President of Regulatory Compliance and Product Stewardship.

Michael Lüthi became the CEO of the SANITIZED company group on Aug. 1, 2021. He replaces Urs Stalder, who joined the administrative board after working for SANITIZED for over 30 years.

Additives and resins producer Estron Chemical recently appointed Mark Mooney to be the Manager for Powder Coatings Additives and Resins for the NAFTA Region. He will handle all sales activities for the N.A. powder market.

RPM International Inc. has named Mark T. Rankin as Vice President, Global Systems. Michael J. Laroche, Chief Financial Officer of its Specialty Products Group operating segment, has been appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for RPM, effective Nov. 1. He succeeds Keith Smiley, current RPM Vice President of Finance and Controller, who will retire from his role in October.

Dennis Saville joined Springer Industrial as a Technical Sales Representative. He will be based out of Houston, Texas, and serve the company's accounts in Texas, southern Louisiana and northern Mexico.

Chroma Color Corp. appointed Shruti Singhal as Chief Executive Officer and member of the company board of directors. Singhal will be responsible to drive the company’s strategic roadmap and transformation through organic and inorganic growth as well as a focus on innovation.

AkzoNobel appointed Michelle Sullivan as Sales Director for its Vehicle Refinish (VR) U.S.-East Region. In her new role, Sullivan is responsible for leading sales efforts across all VR segments in the East region and is part of the AkzoNobel Automotive & Specialty Coatings Americas Management Team.