01.08.15
Michelman, a global manufacturer of surface additives and polymers, has introduced an improved organizational structure consisting of three strategic business groups.
The new structure is designed to help Michelman better anticipate and serve its customers' needs by driving collaboration between its business teams - now fully integrated into the strategic business groups - that serve customers in the flexible packaging, paint and coatings, fibers and composites, engineered wood, paper and corrugated, digital printing and other industries.
Michelman intends to open the flow of ideas, solutions, and application expertise. This will allow faster introduction of new technologies and applications and reduce customers' concept-to-commercialization time.
The three groups are Coatings, serving coating formulators with advanced polymers and additives; Industrial Manufacturing, whose expert teams work hand-in-hand with discrete product manufacturers to improve productivity and end-use performance; and Printing and Packaging, helping move the industry forward with innovative solutions in print receptive, functional and barrier coating technologies.
The company has appointed the following people to lead the new groups. Gautham Parthasarathy has been hired as group director, Coatings. Gautham comes to Michelman from Emerald Performance Materials, where he was VP and general manager of the K-Flex specialty plasticizers business. He has held leadership roles with responsibilities for strategic development, marketing, business development, M&A, R&D and operations.
Michael Annis has been hired as group director, Industrial Manufacturing. Annis was most recently with Celanese Engineered Materials, where he held the position of global OEM manager and North America business development manager in the Electronics Business Unit. He has previous experience in R&D, operations, sales, marketing and quality functions.
Rick Michelman, Michelman's chief technology officer, has assumed the role of group director, Printing and Packaging, on an interim basis.
All three strategic groups are supported regionally around the world by management teams led by Jean-Marc Verhaeghe, VP/managing director, EMEA, Steven Wong, VP/managing director, Asia-Pacific, and Marty Riehemann, who will assume the new role of VP/managing director, Americas, in addition to his corporate role as chief commercial officer.
"As always, organizational and management decisions at Michelman are made first and foremost to ensure all of our customers are provided the very best environmentally friendly products, service and support,” says Steve Shifman, president and CEO at Michelman. “These steps will allow us to improve the customer experience, and provide a platform for continued strategic growth."
The new structure is designed to help Michelman better anticipate and serve its customers' needs by driving collaboration between its business teams - now fully integrated into the strategic business groups - that serve customers in the flexible packaging, paint and coatings, fibers and composites, engineered wood, paper and corrugated, digital printing and other industries.
Michelman intends to open the flow of ideas, solutions, and application expertise. This will allow faster introduction of new technologies and applications and reduce customers' concept-to-commercialization time.
The three groups are Coatings, serving coating formulators with advanced polymers and additives; Industrial Manufacturing, whose expert teams work hand-in-hand with discrete product manufacturers to improve productivity and end-use performance; and Printing and Packaging, helping move the industry forward with innovative solutions in print receptive, functional and barrier coating technologies.
The company has appointed the following people to lead the new groups. Gautham Parthasarathy has been hired as group director, Coatings. Gautham comes to Michelman from Emerald Performance Materials, where he was VP and general manager of the K-Flex specialty plasticizers business. He has held leadership roles with responsibilities for strategic development, marketing, business development, M&A, R&D and operations.
Michael Annis has been hired as group director, Industrial Manufacturing. Annis was most recently with Celanese Engineered Materials, where he held the position of global OEM manager and North America business development manager in the Electronics Business Unit. He has previous experience in R&D, operations, sales, marketing and quality functions.
Rick Michelman, Michelman's chief technology officer, has assumed the role of group director, Printing and Packaging, on an interim basis.
All three strategic groups are supported regionally around the world by management teams led by Jean-Marc Verhaeghe, VP/managing director, EMEA, Steven Wong, VP/managing director, Asia-Pacific, and Marty Riehemann, who will assume the new role of VP/managing director, Americas, in addition to his corporate role as chief commercial officer.
"As always, organizational and management decisions at Michelman are made first and foremost to ensure all of our customers are provided the very best environmentally friendly products, service and support,” says Steve Shifman, president and CEO at Michelman. “These steps will allow us to improve the customer experience, and provide a platform for continued strategic growth."