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New role for Katja

Dr Katja Scharpwinkel took over the position as head of the Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions Europe business unit at BASF’s Coatings division in Münster effective February 1, 2016. She succeeds Harald Pflanzl, who was appointed head of the BASF Group’s Central Europe unit in Vienna effective the same date.

Reverdia appoints BD Manager Asia

Forrest Zhang has joined Reverdia as Business Development Manager Asia, effective immediately. Zhang brings commercial experience from his role as BD Leader at DuPont. Zhang will report to Jo Kockelkoren, Global Commercial Director and will be based in Shanghai.

Changes at PPG

PPG Industries has announced several executive appointments effective March 1. Tim Knavish became Senior VP, Automotive Coatings, and will continue to oversee PPG’s Latin America operations and its corporate EHS function. Knavish was PPG VP, Global Protective and Marine Coatings. Jean-Marie Greindl became Senior VP, Global Architectural Coatings and President, PPG Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with responsibility for all architectural coatings activities in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, as well as the USA and Canada and oversight of all PPG business in the EMEA region. Greindl was Vice President, Automotive Coatings, EMEA, and President, PPG EMEA. Ram Vadlamannati is now Senior VP, Protective and Marine Coatings and corporate development, and will continue to oversee the corporate information technology (IT) function in addition to assuming oversight of PPG’s strategic planning and corporate development function.