Barry Snyder joins Axalta as SVP & CTO

MAJOR liquid and powder coating provider Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) has announced that Barry Snyder will join the company as senior vice president and chief technology officer. 

 

Dr. Snyder will report to Axalta chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver and will oversee the company’s research and development. He will be based at Axalta’s corporate headquarters in Philadelphia, PA.

 

Prior to joining Axalta, Dr. Snyder served as senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Orion Engineered Carbons, where he was responsible for global R&D and quality assurance. The company’s carbon black products are widely used in the production of paints and coatings, plastics, printing inks, adhesives, sealants, and tires. 

 

He also served as vice president, Marketing & Technology and chief technology officer at H.B. Fuller Company from 2008 to 2012, during which time he oversaw 15 laboratories on four continents. He worked at Celanese between 2007 and 2008, where he held the role of global technology director for the company’s emulsions and polyvinyl alcohol division. Dr. Snyder also held a held a number of positions of increasingly broad scope and responsibility at Rohm and Haas from 1990 to 2006.

 

Dr. Snyder has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Harvard University, an M.B.A. from Temple University, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry from Emory University. 

 

Axalta CEO Shaver said, “Developing new products based on leading-edge coating technology will be a key engine for Axalta’s growth. Our customers count on us to develop coating products and application systems to meet their evolving requirements. New composite and plastic substrates for light weighting and the need for lower VOC products and more productive and energy efficient application systems, among other drivers, call for innovative solutions that we are committed to deliver in the years ahead.”

 

Backed by more than 145 years of experience in the coatings industry, Axalta offers coating products designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity, and enable materials to last longer. It aims to provide customers with innovative, colorful, beautiful, and sustainable solutions, with its products suitable to a wide range of products from light OEM vehicles, automotive refinish, and commercial vehicles to electric motors, buildings, and pipelines. The company’s 12,000 people continue to find ways to serve more than 120,000 customers in 130 countries every day, providing them with the finest coatings, application systems, and technologies.