Industry People

Linetec has hired Joshua Chapple as its Northwest regional sales manager assisting customers with their selection and specification of paint coatings, anodize and specialty finishes for architectural aluminum products.

Total Finishing Solutions welcomes Chad Burgess, sales rep for the Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC, Canada areas.

Steelhead Technologies, a leading provider of job shop technology in the process manufacturing market, named Chantel Soumis its first Head of Marketing to help with market growth.

KCH Surface Finishing, part of the ECS Companies and a leading innovator in the air pollution control and metal finishing systems industries, named Landry D. McDuffie, Sr. as its President and General Manager.

Metal Finishing Technologies named Zach Kleiner as President of the Connecticut-based company.

Bowman, a U.S. manufacturer of XRF quality control instruments, named Jeff Korpus as its new Global Product Manager.

Axalta Coating Systems announced the appointment of Chris Villavarayan as Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 1.

Total Finishing Solutions has named Holly Gubics their Marketing Manager for Total Finishing Systems Group for North America.

Hubbard-Hall has been awarded the Top Workplaces 2022 honor by Hearst Connecticut.

MicroCare says Kristin Rosas has joined the company as Strategic Account Executive for their Precision and Medical Device Manufacturing Fluids platforms.

Michael Damiana was been appointed Director of Global Supply Chain for MicroCare.

Haviland Enterprises, Inc., a globally recognized manufacturer and distributor of specialty and commodity chemistry, announced the appointment of Jennifer Altstadt to its board of directors.

The 2022 Society of Women Engineers (SWE-SNS -Sierra Nevada Section) “Night of the STEM Stars” recently honored Dr. Madylon Meiling, CEO of CHEMEON Surface Technology, with their Corporate Award “for excellence as a passionate and transformational leader, focused on the environment, philanthropy, and collaboration.”

Hubbard-Hall adds depth to the Technical Department with the addition of Jameson Grout.

Haviland Products Company, a globally recognized manufacturer and distributor of specialty and commodity chemistry recently appointed Alison Chockley, Ed Barriager, and Nicole Nye as southeast Michigan-based technical sales representatives.

Courtney Pfortmiller has joined Carlisle Fluid Technologies as Account Manager.

Paul Bratz has been named as Linetec's regional sales manager serving customers in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and Kansas.

Uyemura President Mark Eonta has announced the appointment of Troy McNulty as Uyemura National Sales Manager.

Haviland Enterprises has appointed Meg Post as President and CEO, following her promotion to President in the fall of 2021.

Gema USA Inc., a Graco Inc. Company, announced that Jeff Hale celebrated 35 years of service with the company.

Tri-Mer Corp., a leader in industrial air pollution control, announced the promotions of Martin Schroeter and Asa Halliday at its quarterly meeting.