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January 31, 2023

Felter Joins Everchem Specialty Chemicals

Del Felter


Everchem Specialty Chemicals announced today that Del Felter has joined the company as Vice President of Market and Business Development.

Del has over 35 years’ experience in the polyurethane manufacturing industry and over 20 years of experience in executive management. Del has spent the majority of his career with Carpenter Co., holding positions ranging from plant management to development of their consumer products business to running the strategic chemical businesses. 

Additionally, Del has been a Senior Vice President with INOAC USA responsible for facilitating profitable growth for the company within North America and globally by managing the Industrial, Consumer and Medical business units.

Del recently held positions at FXI, Inc as the Senior Vice President of the newly created Product Management Group and previously as Senior Vice President – Corporate Development & Strategy, Del was involved by leading the integration planning teams through the acquisition of INNOCOR.

Media, PA, February 01, 2023

January 31, 2023

Daubert Management Changes

Daubert Chemical promotes Mike Duncan to President, CEO

By Larry Adams

January 30, 2023 | 6:26 pm CST

CHICAGO — Daubert Chemical Company Inc. recently announced a series of key promotions and new hires within the company, including the role of president and CEO. Dr. Mike Duncan, previously executive vice president of technology at Daubert, will succeed Matt Puz as president and CEO. 

“Matt Puz has played an indispensable role in Daubert’s success throughout his tenure over the past seven years,” said Matthew McGinnis, vice president of commercial development. “Under his leadership, we’ve grown our automotive coatings business through the launch of Nox-Rust 1290HP and other products, and launched a new, innovative coating, Nox-Rust ChipShield, designed to provide enhanced durability versus road debris as well as corrosive conditions. On behalf of the rest of the leadership team here at Daubert Chemical, we are delighted to congratulate Matt Puz on his upcoming retirement, as well as to celebrate Mike’s promotion into the role of president and CEO. The insight and expertise Mike brings to the table will continue to usher in a new era of innovation at Daubert.”

Duncan brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the role – and 10 of those years have been spent with Daubert as the vice president of technology. Duncan began his career at Keil Chemical, and has held leadership roles at companies such as D-A Stuart Company, Castrol, and Fuchs Lubricants. Duncan holds a doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois Chicago. An active supporter of industry organizations, Duncan held the role of president of STLE in 2019-2020. 

Duncan’s promotion to president and CEO leads a series of personnel moves for Daubert Chemical Company that also includes:

  • Dr. Aaron Sanders was hired for the role of vice president of technology. Sanders brings over 20 years of experience to Daubert, and most recently held the title of R&D director – Oilfield Solutions at Stepan Company. Sanders holds a doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
  • Mark Pawelski, is retiring from his role as executive vice president of operations. Pawelski devoted 44 years of service to Daubert, and will continue to consult for special projects.
  • Greg Merchen, formerly the vice president of manufacturing, succeeded Mark Pawelski as vice president of operations. Merchen will cover all of Daubert’s manufacturing areas as well as customer service and engineering. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. 

“It’s an exciting time for Daubert,” said Puz. “As we welcome new leaders into the fold and continue our tradition of meeting customer needs with high-quality products and service, the next generation of Daubert solutions is sure to exceed expectations.”

https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodworking-industry-news/daubert-chemical-promotes-mike-duncan-president-ceo

January 24, 2023

Crown Polymers Names Le President

The owners of Crown Polymers Corporation would like to announce appointment of Dustin Le as the
new President of Crown Polymers Corporation.


Dustin Le has been in an active role as Vice President and General Manager of Crown Polymers for
the last 7 years. During that time frame, the Crown Polymers R&D team has been focused on
expanding products offering through innovation by leveraging high performance, wide application
latitude, as well as aesthetically pleasing epoxy, acrylics, and urethane coating technologies.

Crown Polymers is actively growing contractors and distributor partners network throughout the country.
Dustin has held various positions from formulating chemist, field technical service, lead engineering
manager, business segment management, to leadership roles in the polyurethane, polyurea, and
epoxy industries. Le received his BS in Chemical Engineering and MBA from Pepperdine University.


“I am excited to be a part of this Crown Polymers team composed of talented
individuals with a shared vision to serve the industry with not only high-quality
products, but making the products more accessible to our customers by
consistently expanding manufacturing footprint, warehouses, and distribution
partners in the Americas. We are launching our bio-based, fast return to service;
CrownBase – fast glue – 8240, and our very own TerraCrown – Terrazzo Epoxy – to
augment our residential, commercial, and institutional markets.” – Le

January 24, 2023

Universal Polymers Corporation Names Mittal President

The owners of Universal Polymers Corporation (A division under General Coatings Manufacturing
Corporation) would like to announce appointment of Mr. Deepak Mittal as the new President of
Universal Polymers Corporation (UPC).


Deepak Mittal has been involved with the American Polymers Corporation for the last 34 years. He
held various leadership roles including President of Ultimate Linings from 2008-2017. Since 2017
he has been Executive Vice President at UPC helping it grow to be a large spray foam systems
house.

“I am honored and thrilled to be named President of UPC and to continue
the vision of our founder, Lax Gupta. It is an exciting time for UPC since we
are uniquely positioned as one of the few family-owned businesses to
remain in our industry. We currently have and are continuing to build an
extremely talented team who is focused on putting our customers first. UPC
is making continuous strides to offer the highest quality products in the
industry.” – Mittal

January 19, 2023

Covestro LLC Names Hifri New President

Covestro names new president and chairman for US operations

Haakan Jonsson, chairman and president at Covestro.

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By Paul J. Gough –  Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times

Jan 18, 2023

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Covestro LLC has named Samir Hifri as chairman and president leading the company’s U.S. operations and replacing the retiring Haakan Jonsson on July 1.

Covestro, with its U.S. headquarters off the Parkway West, has 2,800 employees in the United States.

Hifri, a graduate of Duquesne University, joined Covestro in 1998 as a commercial trainee at the headquarters in Pittsburgh. He is now SVP and managing director of Covestro Hong Kong and leads the Asia Pacific Supply Chain & Logistics company for the polymers manufacturer. He has worked at 10 sites and six countries for Covestro over the past more than two decades.

“With his passion for people, deep knowledge of Covestro’s global business and strong ties to America, Samir is well suited to lead the U.S. organization into the future,” said Covestro CFO Thomas Toepfer.

Jonsson joined Covestro in 1992 and became chairman and president in January 2020. He has also integrated the DSM resins and functional materials acquisition into Covestro and started the Covestro Circular Economy Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a C-Suite Award winner from the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2022.

“Haakan steered the U.S. organization through one of the most challenging and transformative periods in our history, while continuing to foster a more diverse, inclusive and innovative culture,” Toepfer said.

https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2023/01/18/covestro-announces-executive-leadership-transition.html