Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings has hired 20-year industry veteran Derrick Castle to lead project development work for the bridge and highway market.

Nordson Corp. has added Julio Cruz to its Industrial Coating Systems Group as a Powder Account Specialist.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Eric Post to the position of K-FLEX^® Business Director, Americas.

Steven Falloon has joined OMNOVA Solutions as General Manager, Performance Materials.

RPM International Inc. announced that a new director nominee, Jenniffer D. Deckard, is included in the company’s proxy statement for her election at its annual stockholders’ meeting on October 8, 2015.

OMNOVA Solutions recently announced its 2014 Technology Award recipients.

TCI Powder Coatings, a subsidiary of RPM International Inc., has named Thomas G. Whalen Director of Marketing and Segment Strategy.

The Supervisory Board of Bayer MaterialScience AG, the future Covestro, has named the members of the future Covestro Board of Management effective September 1, 2015.

RPM International Inc. has promoted Rob Antonelli to Director of Consolidation Systems, Ben Curtis to Internal Audit Supervisor, Alecia Dailide to Manager of Legal and Secretarial Services, Sanja Drobnjak to Senior Internal Auditor, Malorie Duff to Senior Financial Analyst, Tammy Kleckner to Director of Infrastructure Support, Cosmina Pop to Senior Internal Auditor, Mark Rankin to Director of Digital Services, and Rob Soisson to Senior Software Developer.

Advanced materials manufacturer Michelman has hired Andrew Michelman as its new Director of Business Development.