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Joel Shertok, Ph.D., Joins ChemQuest as Director
ChemQuest has named Joel Shertok, Ph.D., as director. Drawing on more than 40 years of extensive experience, Shertok will support ChemQuest’s Manufacturing Excellence and M&A Advisory Services pillars. His track record includes successes in new product development, mergers and acquisitions, new business ventures and teams, international investigations of novel technologies, and EPA/OSHA regulatory issues.
Milis Rodrigues Joins ChemQuest as Commercial Director South America
The ChemQuest Group has appointed Milis Rodrigues as commercial director South America. In this role, Rodrigues will serve as a client resource while also exploring business development opportunities in Brazil and throughout South America. Rodrigues began her 33-year career in the paints and coatings industry as an R&D formulator with AkzoNobel before rising within the organization to positions of increasing responsibility.
ChemQuest Names Susan Sutton Director of Communications
The ChemQuest Group has appointed Susan Sutton its new director of communications. During nearly 24 years of editorial and content development experience in B2B publishing, Sutton covered industries ranging from adhesives and sealants to specialty chemicals and advanced materials. Most recently, she served as editor-in-chief, integrated media for Adhesives & Sealants Industry magazine, where she was responsible for the publication’s eMagazine and website content.
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U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2023 – 2028)
Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2024 – 2029)
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ASTM Editorial and Terminology Standards
This ASTM column is a bit different from previous ones that delved into testing standards and their foibles, histories, how-to instructions, and analytical results. The main theme of this writing is terminology—which, when dissected, leads to exact meaning, precise communication, and a clear understanding of the definitions assigned to various technologies and technical standards. Each of the more than 140 ASTM Committees has an important standard in the library that is often ignored. This standard governs definitions for each subject category, and yet, it generally goes unnoticed during most Committee Weeks. Often people become aware of this standard when one of their customers questions a specific issue by quoting one of the definitions.
Sourcing Assembly Adhesives: A Case Study for End Users
The ultimate goal when sourcing adhesive products is to find the optimal balance of properties. This process can be challenging for OEMs and other manufacturing companies, however, which may not have a thorough understanding of adhesive formulations/performance and whose personnel typically do not have a background in chemistry. A manufacturer of architectural products ran into these challenges as it saw demand increase significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, its long-time overseas adhesive supplier could not keep up with the higher volume.
A Wild Ride for U.S. Construction and Housing: Coatings and Adhesives Opportunities in 2024 and Beyond
Numerous economic factors, combined with evolving trends in nonresidential construction, present a unique landscape for the coatings and adhesives industries, which play a critical role in both residential and commercial construction projects. The figures presented throughout this article, sourced from ChemQuest TraQr®, illustrate the complex dynamics driving these markets and provide a deeper understanding of where the opportunities and challenges lie for the coatings and adhesives sectors.
ChemQuest Q&A: Crystal Morrison, Ph.D.
Prior to joining ChemQuest as a director in 2018, Crystal Morrison’s dynamic career included roles of increasing responsibility in settings ranging from a national lab to a global, multi-billion-dollar coatings company. Now a ChemQuest vice president focused on expanding our business development efforts, how has she capitalized on her past experience to support our clients, and what trends does she foresee for the future?
Success Story: Global Specialty Chemicals Supplier Seeks Guidance for Strategic Growth in North America and Europe
Our team’s extensive specialty chemicals expertise enabled ChemQuest to fully explore key regions, analyze dynamics, and deliver a targeted strategic growth plan for our client. We prescribed go-to-market strategies and rationale for growth for the client’s established business segments, as well as guidance on feasibility and paths to success for emerging opportunities.
Musings on Supply Chain Challenges
In George Pilcher’s 2024 state of the paint industry article, he explains that supply chain issues still have not fully recovered from the challenges wrought by COVID-19.[1] Initially, it appeared that 2023 was going to be a year when the pandemic-related supply chain...
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