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Clean Coatings Pioneer Gains Former Sr. VP at Sherwin-Williams
AKRON, Ohio -- Ecology Coatings Inc., a leading developer of nano-engineered industrial coatings for cleaner, more efficient manufacturing, today announced that it has hired industry veteran F. Thomas Krotine as president and chief executive officer. With more than thirty-five years of industry experience at Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike, Krotine will be applying his specific expertise in coatings commercialization, business process optimization and new business development to his new position at Ecology Coatings. Former CEO Richard Stromback will transition to a new leadership role as chairman of the growing coatings company.
"Having coatings industry veteran Tom Krotine join us at the helm marks a significant milestone in the next phase of growth for Ecology Coatings," said Richard Stromback. "His expansive knowledge and expertise in driving corporate success within the coatings market, a $16.4 billion industry in the US alone, is the ideal complement to Ecology Coatings' core competencies in technology innovation and dynamic product development."
"Delivering an impressive value proposition to a wide spectrum of manufacturing industries, Ecology Coatings has already gained exciting market traction with its non-polluting, quick-curing industrial coatings," said Krotine. "As CEO I look forward to building on that momentum by securing additional strategic partnerships and expanding commercialization efforts across the company's large - and growing - array of application opportunities both within the US and in key international markets."
Krotine served most recently as chairman and lead investor of CV Materials, a supplier of porcelain enamel materials; a turn-around situation that resulted in a successful acquisition of the company by its primary competitor. Prior to his role at CV Materials, Krotine was the manager and principal investor of TK Holdings, which he formed to acquire equity holdings in small to ...