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Recent nominations
New commercial director for Ashland in South America
José Armando Aguirre is the new commercial director for Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., in South America. He will report to Ted Harris, president, Performance Materials, and will serve as a member of the global Performance Materials Leadership Team, as well as Ashland’s South America Leadership Team. Aguirre will be responsible for leading Performance Materials’ commercial strategy in South America and will have direct responsibility for the sales and marketing team in the region. He replaces Andrew Beer, who is returning to the U.S. following his appointment to the newly created position of vice president, global marketing and business development for Performance Materials. n
More information: www.ashland.com

processes and perform safety reviews of process improvements. n
More information: www.norplex-micarta.com

Atlas Composites welcome Chris Luckcuck
Chris Luckcuck joins the burgeoning Atlas Composites team as its 70th member of staff, representing a 10% increase in staff numbers over the past 12 months for the Ilkeston based aerospace composites manufacturer. Chris brings with him a wealth of experience gained from over 10 years working in various sectors of the IT industry, experience which he is hoping will add a new dimension to Atlas Composites’ digital service offering. n
More information: www.atlascomposites.com

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Norplex-Micarta appoints manufacturing engineer
Mr. Andy Janda’s responsibilities will include proposing and implementing changes to materials and processes to meet customer needs, providing technical manufacturing support for new product development, and writing new equipment specifications and proving equipment capabilities. As Manufacturing Engineer at the company’s Postville, IA headquarters, Mr. Janda will assist in problem solving activities, particularly in the areas of resin compounding, substrate treating and laminate pressing. He will also work to reduce scrap throughout the organizations’

Bowland named «Composites Person of the Year»
The Composites Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE®) recently named Creig Bowland, research associate for PPG Industries’ fiber glass business, as “Composites Person of the Year.” Bowland’s professional expertise is in application development and design of long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) composites for structural automotive parts, and he has worked for more than 20 years in the composite industry. He designed and developed the long fiber compounding technology PPG offers to its customers. n
More information: www.ppgfiberglass.com

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