Tom Van Kuren

Tom is a veteran of the paint, inks and coatings industry, beginning as a formulator and advancing through various R&D leadership roles at PPG, AkzoNobel, Sherwin Williams, Valspar, Watson Standard and Michelman. His experience spans Architectural to Automotive applications with significant experience in Metal, Film, and Paper Packaging. His commercial role at Dar-Tech provided additional insights into sales, new market development and distribution. In each role, he has built high-performing teams and contributed significant revenue from new products and raw material cost savings.

Tom leads the Living Ink R&D efforts for inks and dispersions.