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ChemQuest Bolsters R&D and Operations Management Expertise with New Appointments
The ChemQuest Group is pleased to announce the appointment of three new directors: Kalyan Sehanobish, Ph.D.; John DeJoy; and Mitch Magee. Sehanobish has built a proven track record in R&D over his more than 40-year career in the thermoplastics industry, driving profitable, sustainable business growth and delivering breakthrough innovations. DeJoy has an accomplished and rich background in manufacturing and operations, with prior roles including plant manager, regional vice president, and senior vice president for manufacturing and engineering. Magee is a results-driven manufacturing executive with over 35 years of progressive leadership experience in global manufacturing operations.
Daniel Murad Inducted into ASC Hall of Fame
The ChemQuest Group is thrilled to announce that Daniel Murad, president and CEO, was officially inducted into the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) Hall of Fame during an October 21 ceremony at the ASC’s Executive Leadership Conference in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Murad has been an active member and partner of the ASC for four decades, drawing on his extensive adhesive and sealant market knowledge, experience, and insights to help drive long-term industry growth.
New Directors Expand ChemQuest Roster
The ChemQuest Group is pleased to announce the addition of three new directors: Bernardo Montes, Ph.D.; Steven (Steve) Roth, Ph.D.; and Richard (Rich) Karpowicz, Ph.D. Montes is a highly accomplished operations management professional with extensive experience driving operational excellence within global organizations across diverse international environments. Roth has built extensive specialty chemicals expertise in a range of sectors, including fine fragrance, home care, coatings, adhesives, and animal feed additives. Karpowicz is a chemist and ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt with four decades of experience in adhesives, tapes, labels, and medical devices.
Market Reports
U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2023 – 2028)
Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2024 – 2029)
Articles
Three Key Trends Shaping Adhesives and Sealants Advances
Three dominant trends are redefining the adhesives and sealants segment. These are not isolated shifts but interconnected forces that determine which products win specifications, which suppliers remain qualified, and how value chains adapt to regulatory, technical, and operational pressures. Adhesives are no longer background consumables; they are strategic enablers of greener supply chains, lighter designs, and smarter high‑speed manufacturing. Their relevance today – and in the future – lies in shaping both compliance and competitive advantage.
Driving Operational Excellence with Overall Equipment Effectiveness
The goal of operational excellence is to continuously improve a company’s end-to-end operations, including production facilities as well as business functions, enabling the organization to achieve high performance while maintaining agility and responsiveness. Optimal operations support your company’s competitive advantage while driving long-term profitable growth. One ripe target for improvement in many organizations is overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), which compares your operation’s ideal performance to its overall real performance.
Cutting through Complexity: DOE in Powder Coating Optimization
Design of experiments (DOE) allows for the manipulation of multiple factors and enables researchers to see how the various interactions impact the desired end result. DOE is an efficient way to tackle R&D or manufacturing problems that have many input variables, cutting through complexity to make a daunting task much simpler. A case in point is the optimization of powder coating spray application parameters to hit specific targets and minimize out-of-spec coatings.
Microns by the Manual: A Guide to ASTM Paint Film Thickness Measurement Techniques
ASTM standards have wide-ranging procedures for measuring film thickness, including wet, thick, thin, translucent, clear, and highly pigmented systems. Techniques can be destructive cut-and-measure methods or nondestructive magnetic, eddy current, noncontact capacitance, ultrasonic, optical interference (ellipsometry), gravimetric, and micrometer measurements. The selected method depends upon the expected film thickness range, substrate (ferrous/nonferrous), and whether the film is a coating, plastic sheet, foil, or a multilayered system.
Driving Innovation through Disruption
When we discuss true market disruption, we are referring to the introduction of a product, service, or innovation that fundamentally alters how an industry operates. Often driven by technological advancements or shifts in business models, such changes frequently originate outside of established frameworks. The result? Successful disruptive innovation not only enables new revenue streams for the innovator, but it reshapes consumer expectations and challenges incumbent players.
The State of the U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry: Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and Strategy
The post-pandemic U.S. paint and coatings industry is doing reasonably well. There will continue to be structural global issues that will mitigate against any scenarios in which “things return to [former] normal,” but the value of the U.S. paint and coatings industry has grown. What should we expect in 2025e (estimated) and 2026 forecast (2026f)?
Newsletters
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q2 2022
This year has presented the chemicals and materials industry with many challenges: supply chain volatility, surging fuel and feedstock costs, shifting regulations, and the unpredictability of global health, conflict, and economic impacts. At ChemQuest, we are focused...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q1 2022
With reflection back to the beginning of 2022, we can comment that the year is off to a busy start. Attending conferences and trade shows, visiting with clients, international and domestic business travel ... in some ways it feels like we never skipped a beat. Read...
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