Butt is new Plascoat MD as Benson leads new products drive

Citation

(1999), "Butt is new Plascoat MD as Benson leads new products drive", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 28 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.1999.12928cab.030

Butt is new Plascoat MD as Benson leads new products drive

Butt is new Plascoat MD as Benson leads new products drive

Keyword Plascoat

Peter Butt has joined Plascoat Systems, a subsidiary of International Process Technologies, as managing director as the Company mounts a major new products drive aimed at broadening its finishing capability and international market penetration.

Peter's appointment has allowed Patrick Benson to move from managing director to spearhead the drive as director of technical and business development.

Peter has a long track record in the chemicals/plastics and process industries, including 22 years with Shell where his career involved the running of a number of specialist subsidiaries.

He joins Plascoat from Derbyshire based cotton fibre manufacturer, Edward Hall Ltd, with a series of goals that include further improvements to international customer services.

Plascoat is also stepping up its thermoplastics coatings presence in the important German market with the appointment of Klaus Stammwitz as technical business manager.

Stammwitz has become a leading figure in the Central European finishing industry with a technical and sales track record spanning 30 years, 17 with Elf Atochem.

Eight of those years were spent managing its development laboratory in Bonn testing new powders and applications, often in collaboration with leading manufacturers. A switch to Ato Düsseldorf saw Stammwitz take over service and sales in the south of Germany, developing a speciality in polyamides that earned him university lecturing invitations.

From his base at Hennef, between Bonn and Cologne, Stammwitz will spearhead an expansion campaign supported by a team of sector specialists and major Plascoat development resources.