Byk: new head of global paint additives business

Byk brings back Marcel Krohnen after two and a half years as head of the global paint additives business. At the beginning of the year, he took over from Dr. Stefan Mößmer, under whose leadership the sales of the Coating Additives Business Line doubled and who has now moved up to the Byk management board. “We are delighted to have found in Marcel Krohnen not only a highly competent successor for this important position as Business Line Head of Coating Additives, but also someone who is well established in the company and knows the market and, above all, our customers well,” says Dr. Stefan Mößmer, Managing Director Marketing & Commercial.

Marcel Krohnen joined Byk in 2007 as part of his studies. After initial positions in technical service for flat panel display and inkjet applications, he took over global product management for the company’s important wetting and dispersing additives in 2013. In 2015, Marcel Krohnen moved to the position of Global Head of Wood and Furniture Coating Additives and in 2019 also took over the Painting and Architectural Coatings division in a dual role, which he held until shortly before his external move in 2021. With his return from Hamburg to the Lower Rhine, he is now responsible for the business line with the highest sales within Byk Additives.