Thomas Oury is the new director for DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware / USA; www.dupont.com) Packaging & Industrial Polymers’ Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). He takes on the role previously held by Heike van de Kerkhoff, who has since become the business director for DuPont Titanium Technologies. Prior to joining DuPont in 2002, Oury worked at Michelin and A.T. Kearney.

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers manufactures an extensive mix of adhesive, barrier, peelable lidding and sealant resins and provides a globally networked development team to work with customers on packaging programs that help protect the product, environment; improve shelf appeal, convenience; and reduce cost in the food, cosmetics, medical products and other consumer goods and industrial packaging industries