Rohm and Haas Co. announced the appointment of James Swanson as head of the company's North American Architectural and Functional Coatings business.

Swanson, who had been Global Business director for Powder Coatings, will succeed Suzanne Rowland as head of the coatings unit, the company's largest regional business. The business's products include materials used in the leather, house paint, graphic-arts, industrial-coatings, paper, and textile markets. Swanson headed Morton International's powder-coatings business prior to Morton's acquisition by Rohm and Haas, and he also held engineering and sales-management positions with Texaco, Celanese and Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

Rowland becomes Global Business director for Adhesives and Sealants with the move.