The Shepherd Color Company announces that Dr. Joel Houmes has been promoted to R&D Manager. Dr. Houmes has been an R&D Chemist at Shepherd Color since 1996 after earning his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Contribution in R&D process Optimization
Joel’s promotion succeeds the retirement of Dr. Geoffrey Peake, who was with Shepherd Color for 33 years. In Joel’s 25 years with the Company, he has developed several new products in the market and has helped in improving and optimizing R&D processes.
In recent years, Joel has been extremely involved in the optimization of, and search for new additives for laser direct structuring (LDS). In his role as R&D manager, Joel will oversee the R&D laboratory and staff to create new and optimize current pigments that support color, functional, and other properties for a wide range of applications.
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Source: The Shepherd Color Company