Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced it has appointed Kaye Linkenhoger as sales manager, North America, for the group’s K-FLEX^® plasticizers and coalescents. In this role, Linkenhoger will augment the growing sales network for K-FLEX in the North American region, executing business development strategies, developing new customers and markets, and expanding sales in key markets such as coatings, adhesives, sealants, and vinyl.

Linkenhoger has 20 years of experience serving in business development and technical roles for the specialty materials industry. She joins Emerald from PSL North America, where she held the position of business development manager. She has also worked at Chemtura and Momentive.

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