Industry People

The Association for Materials Protection and Performance named Jennifer Colunga its chief financial officer. 

Hubbard-Hall hired John Forlenzo as Supply Chain Manager to oversee the global purchasing activities, including logistics and inventory.

MicroCare, a cleaning, coating, and lubrication solutions provider, appointed Vince Libercci as National Sales Manager.

American Plating Power added Bert Stocker to their team as a Sales Engineer.

Hubbard-Hall appointed Aaron Mambrino as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the company.

Surface Finishing expert George Milad of Uyemura International passed away on Dec. 7 at the age of 81.

MicroCare named Lu Anne Green as Chief Operating Officer of the New Britain, Connecticut, company that supplies critical cleaning to finishing operations.

Ronald Morrissey, Ph.D., a prolific researcher and scientist in the surface finishing industry, passed away January 3 at age 89.

Clayton Lynn has joined Tri-Mer Corp. as a process engineer.

The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) announced internationally-known physicist Dr. Michio Kaku as the keynote speaker for its upcoming AMPP Annual Conference + Expo.

Total Finishing Solutions welcomes Joel McIlvain as Sales Representative for Utah.

Linetec has added Aaron du Pont as a client development manager serving Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.

Hubbard-Hall announced a strategic realignment within its Business Development team.

Hubbard-Hall has promoted Connor Callais to Product Manager, with a primary focus on zinc and manganese phosphates, as well as the hot black metal coloring product lines.

Dr. Patrick Valentine, Technical and Lean Six Sigma Manager and Six Sigma Master Black Belt for Uyemura, announced the completion of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training by four members of Uyemura staff.

Gefran, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial sensors, controls, and instrumentation, appointed Karston Just as the company’s Chief Sales officer (CSO).

Total Finishing Solutions welcomes Jonathan Hoover as a project manager in their Riverside, California, location.

MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions announced that Hui Hui Kiw has been appointed to the role of Vice President Asia.

Superior Plastic Products and Key-Link Fencing and Railing announce the internal promotions of Ezekiel Harnish to Chief Operating Officer, Raj Pathaks to Director of Engineering, and Dave Lechlitner to Director of Information Systems.

Axine Water Technologies announced key expansions to its executive team as Victor Leung, Ph.D., P.Eng., who formerly served as Axine’s Vice President of Technology, has been promoted to the position of Chief Technology Officer. 

Landon Robertson has been appointed Technical Sales Engineer for the Eastern Region for Bowman XRF.