Paint & Coatings

Dr. Romain Severac, born in 1976, obtained his Master’s degree in chemistry at ENSCM, Montpellier Chemical University before enrolling for doctoral studies at the same institution related to living free radical polymerization of halogenated monomers. His career started at DuPont as R&D and Technical leader for the fluorotelomer business enabling the development and commercial implementation… Read more »

Christian Schramm

Christian Schramm is married and has two children. He started his career in the paint industry in 1992 with an education as a Coating Laboratory Assistant at Company Ching GmbH. Christian Schramm works for Altana Group since 1998 and has held various positions in technical service, marketing and sales at Eckart and BYK. Between 1999… Read more »

Koen Burger

Koen Burger, Technical Service Manager at Cabot Corporation holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has more than 30 years’ experience in specialty chemicals industry. Koen’s specializes in formulating coatings, inks, liquid dispersions and niche coatings.

Dr. Catherine Corfias Zuccalli

I am a chemical engineer and I have a PhD in materials science. I held R & D responsibilities for 15 years in various Arkema BUs, in various applications such as plastic pressure pipes for gas and drinking water, coextruded plastic films for food packaging, hot melt adhesives, plastic films used in photovoltaic panels. Since… Read more »

Dr. Marko Soltau

Dr. Marko Soltau studied chemistry and obtained his doctorate from the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences. Since 2007 he has worked for Straetmans High TAC GmbH, Technical Additives & Chemicals. He is responsible for the development of new products, with a focus on research into new inhibitor concepts for… Read more »