American Coatings Show 2018

Jeffrey Arendt

Arkema


Jeffrey Arendt is the Coatings Application Group Leader for Arkema’s Coating Resins business. Jeff has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin River Falls and an MBA from the University of Minnesota. Jeff started in the chemical industry with The H.B. Fuller Company making and testing adhesives. Jeff began his coatings career at Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing. At Hirshfield’s Jeff formulated products for architectural and industrial markets while also working on manufacturing, cost and quality improvement projects. In 2005, Jeff became Technical Director overseeing research and product development. In 2010, Jeff joined Arkema. At Arkema, Jeff initially worked in technical service and applications development utilizing water-based and solvent-based resin and additive technologies to develop innovative customer and market solutions. Jeff now leads Arkema’s Liquid Coating Resins Technical Service and Applications Development team. This team is focused on delivering sustainable performance improvements for coatings markets. Jeff is an instructor at USM’s Waterborne Symposium Short Course “Reformulating to Waterborne Coatings.”

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