Producer of surface additives and polymers, Michelman has reorganised its organisational structure in to three strategic business groups.

According to Michelman, the new structure will help Michelman better anticipate and serve its customers needs by driving collaboration between its experienced industry focused business teams.

“The resulting open flow of ideas, solutions, and application expertise will allow faster introduction of new technologies and applications and reduce customers’ concept-to-commercialization time,” Michelman said.

The three groups are Coatings, consisting of advanced polymers and additives; Industrial Manufacturing which will help discrete product manufacturers to improve productivity and Printing & Packaging which has solutions in barrier coating technologies.

Gautham Parthasarathy has been hired as group director for Coatings, Michael Annis as group director at Industrial Manufacturing and Rick Michelman has assumed role of group director, Printing & Packaging on an interim basis.

All three strategic groups are supported regionally around the world by Jean-Marc Verhaeghe, managing director, EMEA, Steven Wong, managing director, Asia-Pacific, and Marty Riehemann who will assume new role of managing director, Americas.

CEO Steve Shifman said, “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.”

“These steps will allow us to improve the customer experience, and provide a platform for continued strategic growth,” he added.

Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly advanced materials for industry.

Michelman’s water-based surface modifiers, additives and polymers add value in a wide range of applications including wood care, floor care, industrial coatings, paints, varnishes, inks, fibres, composites, and construction products. (AR)