Mike Barnstead is the Marketing Manager for Decorative and Engineering Coatings for MacDermid’s Advanced Surface Finishing business in the Americas. In his position, Mike is responsible for the marketing and product line management of MacDermid’s Decorative product line, including CuMac electrolytic coppers, NiMac nickel plating products, Macrome chrome and TriMac III trivalent chrome plating products, and the Engineering Coatings product line, including Niklad Electroless Nickel, ChromKlad Hard Chrome plating products and Barrett Sulfamate Nickel plating products. His area of responsibility and expertise also includes the MacuPlex Plating-on-Plastics (POP) product group and the aluminum wheel plating program. Mike has been involved in the Metal Finishing business for 18 years, the last 10 with MacDermid. Prior to MacDermid, Mike worked for a large metal finishing company, involved with quality management, production management and process cycle development. He has held global product management, marketing and technology positions with MacDermid, and has worked and lived abroad in Shanghai, China as MacDermid’s Technical Manager for Asia. Mike is active in the NASF and is currently Chairman of the Technology Committee. |
