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SEA-LAND CHEMICAL CO.
EXPANDS OPERATIONS TEAM
Sea-Land Chemical Co. announced
that it has expanded its operations
team with the hiring of two new employees in supply chain and customer
service. Gordon Kropp and Stephen
Coburn join the team as the supply
chain analyst and customer service
specialist, respectively.
Kropp joins Sea-Land as a supply
chain analyst with 10 years of supply
chain experience at The Lubrizol Corp.
He obtained his Bachelor of Science
degree in supply chain management
from Bowling Green State University.
Coburn joins the company as a customer service specialist with four years
of industry and laboratory experience
from PPG Industries Inc. He earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in biology
from Cleveland State University.
PILOT CHEMICAL CO. LAUNCHES
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION INITIATIVE
Pilot Chemical Co. has announced it
is investing $5 million this year - and
tens of millions of dollars over the next
five years - in technology and innovation. A majority of the investment
will create and support a state-of-the-art
Innovation Center and expand the company's existing technological resources.
Patrick McCarthy, president of
recently acquired Pilot Polymer
Technologies Inc. (formerly ATRP
Solutions Inc.), will oversee all
technology and innovation initiatives
in his new additional role as vice
president of Technology and Innovation. Other employees with new
roles to support the initiative from
the technology center in Cincinnati
include: Rick Shook, formerly corporate technical manager, who has been
named vice president of Research and
Development; Bill Rohrer, formerly
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business line, who has been named
director of Technology; and Bob
Golden, formerly research chemist,
who has been named research fellow.
The Innovation Center will be
an expansion of the Pilot Polymer
Technologies laboratory facility in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will
double the size of the current facility.
Its focus will be on addressing customer needs and the development of new
products. Pilot Chemical will add nine
new roles to staff the facility, which
will be operational by June 2018.
ANGUS CHEMICAL CO. NAMES
DAVE NEUBERGER AS CEO

science and technology and help steer
ANGUS into its next phase."
MOTIVA ANNOUNCES NEW
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Brian Coffman, former senior vice president of refining for Andeavor Corp., has
been named president and CEO of Motiva Enterprises LLC. Coffman brings
with him a wealth of experience in
business growth, operational excellence,
strategy and margin delivery. He replaces
Dan Romasko, who has served Motiva
with distinction for the past four years.
Since December 2013, Coffman
has provided strategic operational

Brian Coffman
Dave Neuberger

ANGUS Chemical Co. announced
the appointment of Dave Neuberger
as CEO. He succeeds Mark Henning,
who has stepped down.
Neuberger is an industry veteran
with 20 years of experience and has
held a variety of leadership roles with
leading chemicals companies, including Ashland Inc.
"It is a privilege to join a company
of ANGUS' caliber and work alongside the talented ANGUS management
team," said Neuberger. "ANGUS has
an impressive customer base across
a variety of end markets, and I am
excited to support the company's mission to empower customers through

leadership to the refineries within the
Andeavor (formerly known as Tesoro)
portfolio. Prior to that, he spent 30
years with Conoco, serving in a variety
of domestic and foreign leadership roles
in refining, transportation, pipeline,
marketing, and strategy and planning.
NEW PALMER HOLLAND
HIRES INCLUDE FORMER ILMA
PRESIDENT
Palmer Holland announced it has
named former ILMA President Cathy
Novak as a lubricant and metalworking technical service specialist and
Rich Najdusak as a coatings technical
specialist.
Novak joins Palmer Holland with
more than 30 years of experience as a
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