James DeChant promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Advance Polymer Coating

James DeChant promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Advanced Polymer Coatings


Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has promoted James DeChant to Vice President, Sales & Marketing. APC is a world leader in engineering protective polymer coatings to safely transport and store chemicals in marine and industrial markets. James was previously APC’s ChemLine® Coatings Global Rail & Transport Sales Manager for the past several years.

In this new role, James will be responsible for sales and marketing activities and personnel covering APC’s businesses that are operating worldwide. His primary efforts will be to drive sales efforts for the company’s two leading and well-known coatings brands, MarineLINE® used for cargo tanks of chemical and product tankers, and ChemLINE® used for specialised industrial coating applications.

According to David Keehan, President, Advanced Polymer Coatings: “Our company continues to thrive as more companies worldwide find that our high performance coatings deliver the corrosion-protection solutions they need. Jim DeChant is a veteran in our industry, and talks the language of our customers. He understands their specific needs and works closely with the APC sales and marketing team to deliver exceptional service, versatility and product performance for MarineLINE® and ChemLINE®”.

For more information visit www.adv-polymer.com

21st February 2019