Northern Technologies International Corporation announces change to Board of Directors

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(2004), "Northern Technologies International Corporation announces change to Board of Directors", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 51 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2004.12851aab.017

Northern Technologies International Corporation announces change to Board of Directors

Northern Technologies International Corporation announces change to Board of Directors

Philip Lynch, Chairman and Co-CEO of Northern Technologies International Corporation, has announced the appointment of Mr Tao Meng and Mr Pierre Chenu to the Company's Board of Directors.

Tao Meng, a Citizen of China, received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in systems engineering at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Following successful completion of advanced training programs in International Trading and International Cooperation in England and Canada, Mr Meng was appointed Deputy Director, Division of America and Oceania in the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Internal Trade of the People's Republic of China. From there, Mr Meng was posted to New York where he served as chief representative of the Ministry of Internal Trade of the People's Republic of China in the US from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, Mr Meng was named General Manager of Tianjin Zerust Co., where he currently serves as a Partner in charge of Northern Technologies Joint Venture Company in China.

Pierre Chenu, a Citizen of Belgium, most recently served as vice-president, Worldwide Operations, Flat Glass Activities, within the Asahi-Glaverbel Glass Group. Prior to that, Mr Chenu was a member of the Executive Committee of Glaverbel S.A., with various operating responsibilities in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Germany, China and the United States. Before joining Glaverbel, Mr Chenu worked for US Steel in steel production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and for Corning Inc., where he held various staff, line and executive positions in the US, France and the United Kingdom. Pierre Chenu holds a Master's degree in engineering, with a specialty in metallurgy from the University of Liege (Belgium) and a MBA from Harvard University.

Lynch stated “It is the unique balance between World Class creative skills in Materials Science and proven International Management and Marketing Acumen pervading the Company's Board of Directors, Senior Management in North America and extending throughout our Federation of Joint Venture Partners in 46 countries that permits Northern Technologies to offer a steady stream of proprietary new technologies and innovative product applications and service with care and respect to our global marketplace.”