Petruch assumes leadership of Sun Chemical after serving as President of Sun Chemical Performance Pigments and General Manager of the Pigments Products Division since 2008. He succeeds Rudi Lenz who will transition to the new role of Vice Chairman of the Board at Sun Chemical. In this role, Lenz will advise the business on key strategies and issues as they arise.
The Performance Pigments division has had eight consecutive years of record sales under Petruch’s leadership. He has additionally secured eight bolt-on global acquisitions which have proven to be solid additions to the division, including the high-purity iron oxides business of Cathay Industries in 2018, Kingfisher Colours in 2015 and Benda-Lutz in 2012.
