CHEMCENTRAL, the world's largest privately held distributor of industrial chemicals, has announced the appointment of Phil A. Scafido as senior vice president/director of Sales and Marketing, based in the firm's Chicago headquarters. Scafido will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts in North America. He succeeds Bill Hough, who was recently appointed president of CHEMCENTRAL Australia Pty. Ltd., located in Sydney, Australia.

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