CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH – Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Huub Moolenaar to the position of Sales Manager, EMEA. Moolenaar will work to develop new customers and markets for K-FLEX^® low-VOC, non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Moolenaar, whose experience includes more than 30 years in various marketing, business development and technical roles in the specialty additives and materials industries, joins Emerald from Eastman Chemical Co., where he most recently served as Manager, Marketing and Strategy, EMEA.