Trion Coatings Names EVP of Marketing & Sales

Trion Coatings (South Bend, Ind.) has announced the selection of Kyle Hankinson to serve as its Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales. 

“Kyle brings over 20 years of experience in the surface finishing industry across several markets, including finishing operations within the Department of Defense’s organic and outside supply chain,” says Douglas Morrison, President of Trion.

Hankinson previously served as President and CEO of KCH Engineered Systems (Forest City, N.C.) and continues a supportive role as Director of Special Projects with its successor company KCH Surface Finishing, an ECS Company.  KCH is the exclusive equipment partner to Trion for its SAFE Chrome technology.

Hankinson says, “Trion has been developing different variations of the SAFE Chrome process to include decorative, thin dense, traditional functional, and now a specialized inner bore process. We now have a pipeline of prospects working with Trion to trial plate components with our thin dense and decorative variations at the pilot process line located inside Imagineering Finishing Technologies in South Bend Indiana.”

Hankinson is a Certified Electroplater-Finisher (CEF) and has been a longtime volunteer within the Surface Finishing industry, serving on the NASF Board of Directors and SUR/FIN trade show committee for several years.