Rohm and Haas announces changes

Rohm and Haas Company announced the following organizational changes. Patrice Barthelmes, group vice president for the Packaging and Building Materials Business, is relinquishing his role as European region director. Gray Wirth, currently vice president of the Primary Materials Business, will relocate to Switzerland and take on the regional responsibilities for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Carol Eicher, currently general manager of Packaging and Building Materials in North America, is to become vice president and business director for Primary Materials. Clive Grannum, who joined Rohm and Haas as global marketing director for Packaging and Building Materials in March 2007, will replace Eicher, and will join the company’s Leadership Council. Based in Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A., Rohm and Haas is a global pioneer in the creation and development of innovative technologies and solutions for the specialty materials industry. (June 25,2007)