Thermoplastic Elastomers
177th Technical Meeting of the ACS Rubber Division TPE Award to Rudi Faust

The 177th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) took place 26 – 28 April 2010 in Akron, OH, USA, with a total ...

Polyurethanes
BMS LLC appoints new Sales Director, Regional Key Accounts

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has named Xiaobin Zhong to the position of Sales Director, Regional Key Accounts, Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties (CAS), North America.

Polyurethanes
Axel appoints new President

Jacob (Jake) Axel has assumed the position of President of Axel Plastics Research Laboratories.

Polyurethanes
Hallstar names three new board members

The HallStar Company appointed James R. Conaty, Robert B. Covalt, and James N. Hallene to its board of directors.

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
SPE appoints new officers

Following long-standing practice, ANTEC 2010 marks the beginning of one-year terms for new officers of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). The society ...

Polyurethanes
ASC appoints new President

Matt Croson has been appointed as President of the Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc. (ASC).

Polyurethanes
Perstorp appoints new Market Development Manager

Mike Schneider has joined Perstorp as new Market Development Manager for coatings and adhesives.

Polyurethanes
New appointments at Dow Automotive

Dow Automotive announced two new appointments in its Euro­pean sales organisation.

Rubber
New management team at Bridgestone Americas

Mark A. Emkes, Chairman, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), has retired at the end of February 2010, after more than 33 years of service ...

Rubber
Eliokem appoints new CEO

Patrice Barthelmes, 52, has been appointed CEO of Eliokem.

Rubber
Ferromatik Milacron names new Managing Director

Milacron LLC has named Gerold Schley, 49, to Managing Director of Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH (FME), Malterdingen, Germany.

Rubber
New managers for KraussMaffei’s Extrusion division

A new management team has taken on sales and product group functions at the Munich arm of KraussMaffei’s Extrusion division.

Rubber
Change of Managing Directors in the Feddersen Group

Volker Scheel and Andreas Stuber have additionally been appointed as Managing Directors of Norddeutsche Ueberseegesellschaft in Hamburg mbH and of Transeurasia ...

Rubber
New CEO for Engel North America

At the beginning of April 2010, Mark Sankovitch, 53, was appointed CEO of Engel North America. He follows Steve Braig, who left the company at the end of March 2010.

Rubber
New Sales Director at Unimatec Chemicals Europe

Effective 1 March 2010, Helmut Waibel was appointed Sales Director of Unimatec Chemicals Europe at its European headquarters in Weinheim, Germany.

Rubber
New Chairman of the Board of Dow Deutschland

Ralf Brinkmann has been named President of Dow Germany and Chairman of the Board of Dow Deutschland Inc.

Rubber
New Area Sales Manager at Hoffmann Mineral

Hoffmann Mineral has reinforced its sales team with Nicole Knör as new Area Sales Manager for Asia Pacific.