Posted March 14, 2018

 

REINACH, Switzerland – Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, announced the appointment of Marcos Furrer to the post of president, Brand & Performance Textile Specialties and Innovation, based at Archroma's headquarters here.

 

Furrer will take over from Thomas Winkler, who will retire at the end of this month after more than 30 years in the textile industry, 12 of which were at the helm of the business.

 

“Marcos Furrer was rather an obvious choice when we started to look for a potential successor for Thomas Winkler,” said Archroma CEO Alexander Wessels. “He has the right combination of strong textile expertise and leadership skills that we need to drive the business in line with Archroma’s ambitious growth strategy.”

 

A Swiss national with a 20-year career, Furrer has earned a strong reputation as a well-rounded business manager with excellent leadership skills and a taste for delivering on targets.

 

A chemical engineer from the Ingenieurschule Beider Basel, Furrer started his career with Clariant in Switzerland as product manager Sulphur Dyes, Textile Business, in 1997. He then grew in the organization as head of Continuous Dyeing Cellulosic (1999 to 2001); head of Business Unit (BU) Textile Dyes and Textile Chemicals in México (2001 to 2005); global head for the Product Group Cellulosic Dyes (2005 to 2007), head of BU Textile Chemicals Latin America (2007 to 2009); head of BU Textile Chemicals Americas (2009 to 2012); head of Emulsions (January 2012 to June 2012); and head of Marketing and Sales Plastic and Special Applications, BU Pigments (January 2013 to 2015).

 

His latest role as head of Regional Business Line Europe, BU Pigments, Strategic Plastics, brought him back to Switzerland in January 2015, with the mission to implement the new BU Pigments regional structure in Europe.

 

Furrer speaks five languages: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

 

Source: Archroma

Archroma appoints new leader for textile specialties business