Industry People

MAAS Aviation, an aircraft painter and exterior coater, named Jan Van Engelen as chief executive officer.

The Association for Materials Protection and Performance named Alan Thomas as its new chief executive officer effective April 1.

Hubbard-Hall welcomes David Keller as Senior Chemist.

MicroCare announced the promotion of Ernesto Pollano to General Sales Manager, Mexico / LATAM.

Gema USA has welcomed Jacob Argyelan and Jerry Croy to their North American service team.

Industry veteran Brad Durkin and Trion Coatings SAFEChrome have entered into a long-term consultation agreement supporting its market integration.

Gema USA says that Chris Merritt has been promoted to Vice President of Gema North America, and Mike Thies has been promoted to General Manager.

Hubbard-Hall has named Aaron Mambrino as Chief Financial Officer of the Waterbury, Connecticut-based company.

Gannon & Scott continues to expand its customer service and administrative team by hiring Stephanie Caldwell, a precious metal refining customer service, administration, and shipping expert.

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.