DuPont names new plastics executives

DuPont Engineering Polymers (EP) has appointed Bjorn Hedlund as the new global business director for its High Performance Materials division.
Hedlund, 53, former European sales and marketing director of EP, will replace Ferdinand Bauerdick, 55, who becomes the new vice president and general manager of DuPont’s Advanced Coating Systems division, as well as of its Performance Coatings (Europe) division.
DuPont’s Alain Baronnier, 46, will replace Hedlund as the EP’s European sales and marketing director.