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Hempel

Pierre-Yves Jullien, Group President and CEO, Hempel

Hempel Celebrates 100 Years

Hempel kicked off the group’s centenary celebrations and invited customers from Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Ro- mania to a party in Athens’ Acropolis Museum on Saturday,

May 9. Hempel has had a permanent presence in Greece since 1952 as Hempel Hellas General Manager, Keld Laurs- en explained, “For 63 out of the 100 years we have had our feet on the ground in Piraeus and Athens and we are very proud of this. We could think of no better way to celebrate

Hempel’s centenary than with our friends in Greece.”

Hempel’s Group President and CEO Pierre-Yves Jullien ex- panded, “It is ? tting – and a real pleasure - that the ? rst sig- ni? cant centenary event is here in Athens . . . Over 100 years the Group has changed signi? cantly in size, in geographical coverage (we serve our customers in 110 countries today) and has expanded into new sectors such as protective and decorative coatings. In terms of earnings, we are in the top tier of our sector. But the marine paints business is where we started and is ? rmly embedded in our DNA and Greece is the biggest shipping nation in the world.”

An entrepreneur with a vision to protect manmade struc- tures from corrosion and fouling, Jørgen Christian Hempel founded marine coatings manufacturer Hempel in Denmark in 1915.

Registration for SHIPPINGInsight 2015 is Open

Now entering its fourth year, SHIPPINGInsight is an annual maritime technology forum in North America that brings together shipping companies, classi? cation societies, regu- latory bodies, consultancies and technology suppliers to ad- dress technical solutions for the challenges facing today’s maritime industry. The 2015 event will take place Oct. 13- 14 at the Stamford Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Conn.

Registrations made online prior to Sept. 15 get an automatic $200 Early-Bird discount.

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