Michael F. Hilton was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Nordson Corporation in January 2010. Prior to joining Nordson, Mr. Hilton spent 33 years at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility. Immediately before joining Nordson, Mr. Hilton served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Air Products with specific responsibility for leading its $2 billion global electronics and performance materials segment. He was also responsible for leading the company’s environment, health and safety, continuous improvement and customer engagement organizations, and he served as a member of the company’s corporate executive committee. Hilton joined Air Products in 1976 and subsequently held engineering positions in the company’s gases-related equipment business, industrial cryogenics, before being named Business Manager in 1982. Mr. Hilton later held management positions in the company’s process systems group, and in 1994 he was appointed Manager of the gases and equipment group’s re-engineering effort. In 1995, he was named Business Manager of the North America liquid and bulk gases business and served in that capacity until assuming the position of Director of Investor Relations in 1997. Mr. Hilton was appointed Vice President and General Manager of industrial chemicals in 2000; Vice President, electronic gases, equipment and services in 2002; and Vice President, electronics in 2003. Mr. Hilton holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and an MBA from Lehigh University. He is a member of the Manufacturers Alliance.
