McMurdie to Leads R&D Efforts at Mapei Americas

Deerfield Beach, FL November 1, 2007--Neil McMurdie has joined Mapei as director of research and development efforts for the Americas.

A graduate of Yale, with a doctorate in physical organic chemistry, McMurdie will guide his group in thinking outside the usual roles of Mapei products. “Our team will be developing innovative technologies that will help us find synergies between environmental requirements and efficient, effective products for our industry,” McMurdie said. University

McMurdie worked at PPG Industries for 14 years. At Mapei, he is especially interested in working with the new lightweight materials and further developing resin-based products.

McMurdie and his group will be busy in the near term adapting MAPEI’s latest innovation, dust-free technology, to a number of tile and stone installation products. The first product is already in production.