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Philpott's Schabel appointed to Port Authority Board
Medina County
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Fischer Technology opens Louisiana service center
International Paint names Marine & Protective Coatings general manager
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Bayer welcomes new regional key account director
Bayer MaterialScience, LLC (Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania) has appointed Marc Daniel Block as director of regional key account sales for its Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties (CAS) business unit. In this role, Block leads the CAS team in the United States, and serves as head of the technical sales team and the single point of contact in the NAFTA region. Block has worked at Bayer for 11 years, starting as an industrial sales clerk for *IaMZ )/ IVL UW^QVO \PZW]OP [M^MZIT ZWTM[ _Q\P progressively increasing responsibilities. Most re- cently, he served as director, global product manage- ment for CAS, where he managed Bayer's resin XZWL]K\ TQVM QV \PM )[QI 8IKQÅK ZMOQWV
Arkema, Inc. expands resin development
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