Chris Stevens Appointed General Manager of Devcon


DANVERS, MA - Christopher Stevens has been promoted to General Manager of Devcon, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of adhesives and sealants for OEM assembly and products for plant and equipment maintenance, repair, and overhaul.

Stevens joined Devcon in 2000 to develop a dual-front marketing and sales strategy for Devcon's two core businesses - OEM adhesives and maintenance/repair products. With his extensive knowledge of the chemical industry, Stevens will identify and target assembly opportunities for Devcon's line of structural adhesives - all the while leveraging Devcon's superior brand position in the maintenance and repair markets to ensure long-term sustainable growth.

Mr. Stevens earned his MBA from Babson College's Olin School of Business and his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. He currently resides in Kittery, Maine, with his wife and four children.

"Chris has been a key player on the Devcon management team, and I am confident that his leadership will contribute to Devcon's future growth in North America," said Sevan Demirdogen, Vice President and General Manager of ITW Performance Polymers, the Illinois Tool Works group that includes Devcon as well as other companies that manufacture and sell OEM adhesives, sealants, and tapes; automotive fluids; and industrial maintenance products worldwide. Devcon products include high-strength epoxies, advanced methacrylates, fast-curing cyanoacrylates, UV light-cured adhesives, anaerobics, thread sealants, gasket makers, and epoxy coatings that protect against wear and abrasion, corrosion, and chemical attack.

For more information, contact: Sevan Demirdogen, Vice President and General Manager,
ITW Performance Polymers, 30 Endicott Street, Danvers, MA 01923, Toll-Free: 1-800-933-8266,
TEL: (978) 777-1100, FAX: (978) 774-0516

www.devcon.com.

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