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Ink Industry Mourns Maurice Carruthers

Long-time Sun Chemical Performance Pigments leader remembered by colleagues as a tremendous friend.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Maurice Carruthers passed away on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. He was 72. Maurice joined the pigment industry in 1966 as a dry color technician working on phthalocyanine with Ciba-Geigy in his native Scotland. He quickly earned the notice of his superiors, receiving honors as the top lab technician and receiving a scholarship at the University of Manchester, where he earned a degree in chemistry. In 1976, Maurice joined Sun Chemical, heading to the US, where he has held numerous positions, ranging...

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