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The Advanced Technology Division of Technic, Plainview, N.Y., announced that Yun Zhang has joined their team as Research Director, Tin and Tin Alloy Technology. Dr. Zhang, who was formerly R&D Manager for Lucent Technologies EC&S, has 16 years academic and industrial experi- ence in the fields of chemistry, electrochemistry, and electroplat- ing, with significant experience in materials science and technology as it applies to metal finishing. She will lead the global R&D and product formulation activities on tin and tin alloy electroplating technology at Technic ATD.

Michael J. Giambalvo has joined CP/Phibrochem as Vice President, Business Development.

with more than 17 years of experience in the chemical indus- try, with a wide back- ground in metal fin- ishing and water treatment. He has

held a number of management positions, most recently as General Manager, Fine Chemicals and Distributor Sales. CP/Phibrochem, a division of Philipp Brothers Chemicals Inc., headquartered in Fort Lee, N.J., markets a wide range of specialty, fine, and indus- trial chemicals.

Advanced Chemical Co., Warwick, R.I., has named Dale E.

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the company’s jewel- ry division. Westberg is a respected veter- an in the jewelry

industry. Prior to joining Advanced

Chemical, he held executive sales and marketing positions with B.B. Greenberg Co., Swarovski Jewelry U.S. Ltd, and most recently with Pease and Cm-ran.

Metabo Corp., West Chester, Pa., has appointed David Smith as Executive Vice President. He previ- ously served as Metabo’s Vice President of Marketing. His respon- sibilities will extend from market-

ing, advertising, and sales promotions to customer and techni- cal services, distribu- tion channel develop-

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The Industrial Coatings Division of PPG Industries announces three top-level promotions within the Industrial Finishes Group. Bradley M. Bridgham is promot- ed to National Sales Director of Industrial Finishes. Previously the

Customer Services for Industrial Finishes, Bridgham has been instrumental in the implementation of lean enterprise prin- ciples in the

Industrial Finishes Customer Service and Dispense Cell Technology Teams. He joined PPG in 1984 as an Industrial Coating Sales Trainee after earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

J. Rich Alexander has been appointed to Vice President of Industrial Coatings. He joined PPG in 1978 as a Fiber Glass Market Research Analyst after

having earned his bachelor’s degree from Kent State University Alexander was named General Manager of Electronic and Specialty Materials in 1996, General Manager of Fiber Glass Reinforcements in 1997. and General Manager of General Industrial Coatings in 2000.

Keith H. Prins was promoted to General Manager, Industrial Finishes. Prins joined PPG in 1982 and worked in the compa-

ny’s Canadian and U.S. financial organ- izations until 1995 when he moved to Europe where he held multiple finan-

cial assignments. Most recently, he has served as Director of Finance and Director of Sales and Marketing for the Automotive Replacement Glass SBU. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Waterloo in Ontario and pursued graduate study at the University of Bradford in the UK.

Spraylat Corp., Gainesville, Texas, has announced that Mark Hanson has been appointed to the Illinois/Iowa sales territory for the Powder Coatings Business Unit. Hanson has many years of experi- ence in the coatings industry For the past 6 years he was an account manager for Akzo Nobel’s powder coating group where he worked closely with an OEM market. He has lead teams in the development of procedures for manufacturing and quality control techniques to bring about products that met industry standards.

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announced a major reorganiza- tion of their senior management team. Bernard C. Moore, previ- ously Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Caloritech Division, assumes the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer with full man- agement responsibility for all of CCI’s manufacturing facilities and sales offices. His primary

objective will be to achieve the targets and goals of the compa- ny’s strategic plan. Moore will continue to be based at the Oakville, Ont., facility. In related appointments, Eric Anzinger assumes the position of Senior Vice President of Operations and Tony Palladino assumes the position of Senior Vice President of Sales for the

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company. Both Anzinger and Palladino will continue to be based at the Edmonton, Alberta facility.

Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Atlanta, has appointed former Production Manager Tom Hall to Western Region Account Manager. In his new position, he will be responsi- ble for accounts in the western U.S. Hall’s aluminum production background is an extra value for SAF aluminum finishing and fab- ricating customers.

Gordon Tindle has been appointed Executive General Manager of Enthone Ltd., U.K., by Cookson Electronics PWB Materials & Chemistry. Tindle will have overall operating responsibility for the Enthone chemistry, PWB laminate, and equipment businesses throughout

the U.K. and Ireland. Tindle has been with Enthone since 1990 and brings a broad portfolio of experi- ence based on his

previous technical and manageri- al positions within the company, He has been involved in the mar- keting, sales, and technical sevice of Enthone products for 12 years. For the last 2 years, he has led the company’s PWB chemistry busi- ness in the U.K. and Ireland. His new role combines all Enthone’s businesses under his leadership. His key strategy and aim is to improve customer satisfaction by enhanced operational excellence. Tindle’s appointment coincides with the imminent move to Enthone’s new facility currently

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Finishers Society (AESF) and the Chemical Coaters Association, died September 2. He was 53 at the time of his death.

Steve was born and raised in the St. Louis area and earned a BS in chemistry and mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University. After graduation, he went to work as a research chemist at Siegel-Robert Electroplating in St. Louis, a large job shop, where he worked on developing processes for plat- ing on plastics.

He relocated to Milwaukee and worked for Cutler-Hammer, which was acquired by Eaton Corp. in 1978, and served at Eaton as Principal Research Engineer until his recent early retirement.

Steve was active on the interna- tional scene. He assisted with organizing the Second International Colloquium on Hard and Decorative Chromium Plating, held in Saint-Etienne, France, in 1999 and served as the U.S. coordinator for the event. He promoted cooperation between AESF and the surface finishing industry of Russia and encour- aged the exchange of technical information between the two countries. Steve was scheduled to take the reins of the International Union of Surface Finishing, spon- sors of the Interfinish Conferences and Exhibits.

Robert Marshall Burford, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pasco Inc., Silver City, N.M., died in his home on September 16th from complica- tions due to cancer. He was 80 years old at the time of his death. Burford graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1944 with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. He was a Sales Engineer for Pennsalt Corp. for more than 25 years and was

President of RBM Mfg. in Coatesville, Pa. He formed Pasco, a water purification and recovery firm, in 1993 in Pennslvania and relocated it to New Mexico in 1999. He is survived by his wife, two chil- dren, and a granddaughter.

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Surface Technology Inc., Trenton, N.J., a world-recognized leader in electroless nickel prod- ucts, has established an exclusive distributor arrangement with Galkim Finishing Technologies of Istanbul, Turkey. Galkim will distribute Surface Technology Inc.‘s electroless nickel products in Turkey and neighboring countries. The two companies have worked together since 1999.

GE Betz, Trevose, Pa., has opened a facility for regenerat- ing membrane separation ele- ments at its production complex in Bakersfield, Calif. The propri- etary process is designed for membrane elements that can no longer be cleaned effectively in the field and would otherwise have to be discarded. It can

restore quality performance, extend membrane life, and increase the time interval between cleanings at a fraction of the cost of membrane replace- ment. Permeate flow can be increased, with a corresponding decrease in differential pres- sure. The off-site cleaning process minimizes system down- time and eliminates chemical purchase, handling, and disposal problems.

Atofina Chemicals Inc., Philadelphia, the world leader for polyamide coating powders, announced the launch of its Certified Coater Program. The initiative was designed to ensure that custom coating companies, using Atofina’s Rilsan, adhere to specific standards of quality dur-

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Chemethon Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., has changed its name to ChemProtect Inc. The new name will help to better posi- tion the company as a recognized industry leader of protective coat- ing technology. ChemProtect will continue to focus its efforts on supplying high-quality plating additives from Pavco and Atotech as well as e-coat technology from Clearclad.

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The Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) announced the formation of a new foundation. The Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation Inc. (SVC Foundation) supports the charitable, educational, and scientific activities of the SVC. The Foundation is now seeking dona- tions from corporations and indi-

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