Major personnel announcements

Sun Chemical has named Myron Petruch president, Performance Pigments and Brian Leen president, North American Inks.

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. has named Richard Schloesser president and CEO. Previously, Schloesser was senior director of Toray Industries Inc.

Extrusion Dies Industries LLC. has appointed Rick Forbis to be regional sales manager for the southern United States.

Miltec UV, based in Stevensville, Md., has hired Derek Matheson as general manager. Kyle Dickerhoff has also been added to the company’s sales force.

Novatec has appointed John Braaf product manager for the company’s range of blenders, as well as for blender-based extrusion systems.

Clariant Masterbatches has named Peter Prusak to head the packaging market segment for North America.

Harper GraphicSolutions has selected Jeff Leazer to joined its team as technical graphics specialist.