Doug Katze – Product Manager, Floor Covering & Ceramic Installation Solutions

Bostik Flooring Hires
Adhesives Expert

Doug Katze joins Bostik as Product Manager –
Floor Covering & Ceramic Installation Solutions

Middleton, Mass. (November 17, 2010) — 

Bostik Inc.’s Consumer & Construction Division has added Doug Katze, a 20-year adhesives industry expert, to its talented team. Katze joins Bostik as Product Manager – Floor Covering & Ceramic Installation Solutions.

He is responsible for managing the company’s extensive line-up of ceramic, carpet, vinyl, patch, and rubber floor-covering solutions. Katze also is charged with working closely with distributors, retailers and end users, as well as Bostik R&D and sales/marketing staff to innovate and meet unmet marketplace needs.

With Henkel Corp. 20 years, Katze most recently served as a Global Marketing Manager for the firm’s Electronic Adhesives Division. Prior to that, he served as product manager, senior applications engineer, research chemist and technical service engineer.

"It was a good fit and the timing was right," Katze said, referring to the move. "Bostik is known worldwide for its strong people and products. This is what attracted me to Bostik."

Katze earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Mass.) in 1989, and an MBA from Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.), in 1997.

Katze reports directly to Robert McNamara, Director of Marketing & Sales for Bostik’s Consumer & Construction Division.

"It’s not often you can hire an adhesives expert with 20 years of knowledge and contacts," McNamara said. "Doug is a proven marketing mind who has been there, done that, across all disciplines from R&D to marketing to technical service."

Bostik Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers of adhesives and sealants in the world. The company operates production facilities and sales offices in dozens of nations across five continents. Bostik’s parent company, TOTAL S.A., is a $160 billion-a-year conglomerate with 96,000 employees and extensive interests in oil exploration, petroleum refining and specialty chemicals formulation. Bostik’s Consumer & Construction Division manufactures ceramic tile grouts, mortars, waterproofing/antifracture membranes and mastics, hardwood adhesives, moisture vapor membranes, underlayments and cement patches, as well as adhesives for carpet and vinyl, vinyl composition tile (VCT), rubber, laminate and resilient flooring. Bostik C&C’s family of leading flooring installation solutions includes Bostik® hardwood adhesives; Hydroment® and DURABOND® ceramic installation systems; and DURABOND carpet,
vinyl and cement patch products. For more information, please call 888-592-8558, visit

www.bostik-us.com or test drive our blog at http://flooringblog.bostik-us.com.