Henkel Corp. has named Joseph D. DeBiase senior vice president of its North American General Industry business. Based at the company’s Rocky Hill, CT, headquarters, DeBiase will lead the U.S. and Canada business, which provides adhesives, sealants, lubricants, coatings, dispensing and curing equipment, and metal pretreatments to a variety of industrial markets.

DeBiase was previously senior vice president of Global Sales for Henkel’s Electronics business. He joined the company in 1999 in the Emerson & Cuming division of National Starch, which was acquired by Henkel in 2008. Before coming to Henkel, DeBiase held engineering, marketing and sales roles at Enthone-OMI; United Technologies Corp. – Norden Systems; and Raytheon.

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