Jim Brown, a ubiquitous figure in the global maritime coatings world for decades as the Market Development Manager of AkzoNobel’s Marine Coating’s brand, International, announced he is retiring effective the end of January 2016.
Hempel A/S announces that Anders Boyer-Søgaard, CFO and member of Executive Management of GN Store Nord A/S, will succeed CFO Kim Junge Andersen who will join Rockwool as CFO as per January 1, 2016.In 2007, Anders Boyer-Søgaard joined…
A marine coatings manufacturer, Hempel, has announcedthat since 1998 it has reached the extraordinary milestone of having sold 100 million liters of its unique micro-fiber based antifouling paint. The equivalent of coating 45,000 vessels. In 1994…
Senior officials from the six southeast Asia countries benefiting from an IMO-Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) marine environment project are meeting for a second meeting in Bangkok, November 9-10, to review progress and discuss the next steps…
One of the first commercial applications of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new MAN Alpha Kappel FP propeller took place off the coast of China recently when the vessel Elsabeth C, a 58,500-dwt Supramax bulk carrier owned by Frontmarine Co. Ltd – an affiliated and managed company of Lemissoler Navigation Co…
Pettit Marine Paint, leading manufacturer of high performance marine coatings, announced today the release of the all-new superyacht antifouling system, the Pettit XL line. Consisting of the top-selling antifouling products in Pettit’s line…
Hempel A/S announced that CEO Pierre-Yves Jullien will be succeeded by Henrik Andersen, Group COO of ISS A/S, by March 1st 2016. Henrik Andersen has been with ISS A/S since 2000, since 2011 as Member of the Executive Board, first as Group CFO and from 2013 Group COO…
Just two years after its launch, leading manufacturer of marine coatings – Hempel – announces that its revolutionary award winning antifouling product HEMPAGUARD has now been applied as a full vessel coating to more than 350 ships. HEMPAGUARD…
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business announced that four individual coatings and primers and two combined coating-and-primer systems have been certified by NSF International for water-tank applications. The new NSF…
Michael H. McGarry has been elected president and chief executive officer of PPG, effective September 1, 2015. McGarry will join the company’s board of directors immediately. McGarry, who has served as PPG’s president and chief operation officer since March…
Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI) announced the appointment of John Fairbank to the position of engineering manager. Fairbank has 28 years of experience in the thin film optical coating industry with core skills in technical project management…
Performance Yacht Painting (PYP), a specialist in superyacht and megayacht paintwork, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Hydrasud activities at la Ciotat in the South of France. Founded over 10 years ago within the La Ciotat shipyards…
PPG Protective & Marine Coatings (PMC) has appointed Richard Holliday as Global Director - Hydrocarbon PFP (HC-PFP) succeeding Paul Greigger who has retired after 36 years of service. Holliday, a mechanical and offshore engineer by training…
Mercury Marine announces 45,000 square foot EDP parts expansion to Fond du Lac global headquarters Mercury Marine will add a 45,000 square foot expansion to its electro-deposition paint (EDP) system that will double its current processing capabilities…
Pettit Marine Paint, leading manufacturer of high performance marine coatings, announced today its most advanced premium epoxy primer yet, Pettit Protect with Mica Shield Technology. A heavy-duty, two-component, epoxy coating, Pettit Protect…