Valspar: J.P. Tardif

Valspar: J.P. Tardif has been promoted
to business manager, Canada
at Valspar Composites. He will be
responsible for the commercial side
of the composites business in
Canada. Mr. Tardif has been in sales
with the composites group for four
years, managing some of the group’s
largest accounts.
Valspar Composites also announced
that Kamana Kigweba has
joined the company as senior development
chemist at the Elkhart, IN
facility. His responsibilities will
include development of new products,
procedures and processes in
long- and short-term research and
development. Mr. Kigweba joins the
company from Ferro Corp. where he
was the new products development
laboratory manager.