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Coventa has made several changes in their management structure.

PPG named Scott Bartlett as vice president, operations, global architectural coatings (AC). Reporting to Tim Knavish, executive vice president, Bartlett will drive synergies across PPG’s global AC portfolio of operations, including standardization, operating cadence, complexity reduction, footprint initiatives and overall operational efficiency.

Doerken Corporation USA in Grass Lake, Michigan, has named Jacqueline Orow as Marketing and Portfolio Implementation Manager.

Haviland Enterprises, Inc., a globally recognized manufacturer and distributor of specialty and commodity chemistry, recently hired Mackenzie Klahr to join its team as a marketing manager.

PPG appointed Marvin Mendoza as global head of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I).

Coventya, a global market-leading supplier in the General Metal Finishing (GMF) industry experiences a change to its Group Senior Management. Dr. Thomas Costa, its founder and CEO of the business for 25 years, including several MBO cycles, has passed the torch to Erik Weyls.

Hubbard-Hall Inc. welcomes Fernando Carminholi as Business Development Manager, focusing on developing new business opportunities for Hubbard-Hall's Aquaease® Infinity line of sustainable cleaners, which is designed to work with Arbortech Membrane Technology.

Tim Bachman has joined Quality Metal Finishing in the maintenance department.

Jason Morrey joins Linetec as a safety manager. He will collaborate across all departments to continue building on Linetec’s award-winning safety culture.

Therma-Tron-X, Inc. is pleased to announce that Joe Wildenberg has joined TTX as a sales engineer.

Therma-Tron-X, Inc. is pleased to announce that Tim Stechschulte has joined TTX as their newest sales engineer.

Axalta Coating Systems announced that Hadi Awada is joining Axalta as Senior Vice President, Global Transportation Coatings, effective October 12, 2020. He will lead Axalta's global light vehicle and commercial vehicle coatings businesses. 

Becky Cavazuti has joined Hubbard-Hall as Customer Engagement Key Accounts Manager.

Haviland Products Company in Grand Rapids, MI recently hired Indianapolis-based Alex Beck as its newest technical sales account manager.

Joshua McClellan has joined Hubbard-Hall as Application Engineer-Cleaning based out of their Inman, South Carolina facility.

Asterion has appointed Brian Peterson as Technical Sales Representative. A certified electroplater-finisher (CEF), Peterson is responsible for providing exceptional customer sales and technical support to Asterion customers throughout Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and western Minnesota.

Hubbard-Hall announced the promotion of Ted Saltzman to Business Development Manager and the hiring of Andre Depew as Product Manager of Metal Coloring. These strategic appointments will support the company’s growth in its lines of specialty chemicals for surface finishing and the ability to offer process expertise to its manufacturing customers. 

Precision Coating is pleased to announce the newest member of its senior management team, Michael Duquette as Group Vice President of Operations.

Gema USA is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Roberts as a ServiceNet Technician. Michael will be responsible for working with Gema customers throughout North America supervising installations and providing service. With his experience in industrial maintenance and repair, inspection and testing, and quality control, Michael will bring valuable experience to the Gema North America team.