The following Wichita, Kan.-based
Koch Industries personnel will assume positions at INVISTA™ Inc., Wilmington,
Del., upon completion of its acquisition by Koch Industries subsidiaries:
Steve Kromer
, senior vice president, strategy, sourcing and business development;
Kevin Fogarty
, president, Polymers and Resins;
Gerold Linzbach
, president, Textile Fibers; and
David Duncan
, vice president.
Greg Biederman
, global business director, C-12, specialties and terethane, Invista, will become vice
president, specialty products.
Cotton Incorporated, Cary, N.C., has elected
William S. Weaver
chairman of the Board of Directors.
Diann P. Shearer
,
Keith A. Bram
,
Fenton T. Eure Jr.
,
Marshall M. Newton
and
Thad Freeland
have been named alternate board members.
Weaver
Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal, has named Chairman and CEO
H. Greg Chamandy
chairman of its executive committee; and appointed President
Glenn J. Chamandy
to the additional position of co-CEO. Glenn Chamandy will assume full responsibility for
that position after serving alongside Greg Chamandy during a one-year transition period.
The National Cotton Council (NCC), Memphis, Tenn., made the following appointments
at its recent annual meeting:
Woody Anderson
, Anderson Farms, chairman;
Woods Eastland
, Staplcotn Cooperative, vice chairman;
Stephen G. Felker
, Avondale Mills,
Charles Owen
, Glenbar Gin, and
Gail Kring
, PYCO Industries, vice presidents; and
Andy Jordan, Ph.D.
, vice president, technical services. The NCC also has named
Stephen Slinsky, Ph.D.
, senior economist, economic services; and has honored
Gaylon Booker
with the 2004 Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award for Cotton.
Innovo Group Inc., Commerce, Calif., has promoted
Pierre Levy
to general manager, apparel operations.
C. Ted Koerner
has joined Martinsville, Va.-based
Luckenhaus Technical Textiles Inc. as vice president and general manager, North
America.
Cotton Council International (CCI), Washington, has made the following
appointments:
Robert A. Carson Jr.
, Buckskin Plantation, chairman of the Board of Directors;
David Stanford
, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, president;
Gary W. Taylor
, Cargill Cotton Co., first vice president;
David L. Burns
, Stewartsville Enterprises, second vice president;
Michael M. Adams
, Staplcotn Cooperative, treasurer; and
Mark D. Lange
, National Cotton Council, secretary. CCI has named
David L. Hand
, Southwest Irrigated Cotton Growers Association;
R. Dale Grounds
, Paul Reinhart Co.;
William G. Winburne
, Anderson-Clayton Marana Gin;
Mark D. Williams
; and
Clyde T. Sharpe
directors.
Eugene Proffit
has been named general manager,
Stork Prints America Inc., Charlotte. Proffit takes over the position from
Copeland Willis
, executive vice president and general manager, who will retire May 1.
Proffit
Galey & Lord Inc., Greensboro, N.C., has named to its Board of Directors
Blon Dean Brown Jr.
, Hampshire Advisory Partners;
Lawrence F. Himes
, Duro Textiles LLC;
John Kourakos
;
Charles W. McQueary
, Corinthian Health Services Inc.;
Richard Redden
; and
Michael Rich
, Highland Capital Management.
At its recent annual meeting, the
Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), Cary, N.C., elected the
following members to its Board of Directors:
Jon Behm
, CardinalHealth;
Paul L. Latten
, KoSa;
John Michaud
, Green Bay Nonwovens;
Greg Roscoe
, Colbond Nonwovens; and
Jim Schaeffer
, PGI Nonwovens. Elected to the executive committee were:
Dennis Tavernetti
, BBA Fiberweb™, chairperson;
Karl-Michael Schumann
, Procter & Gamble, vice chairperson, planning;
Carl J. Lukach
, DuPont Nonwovens, vice chairperson, finance; and
Lee Sullivan
, Freudenberg Nonwovens North America, past chairperson. Appointees to the executive
committee also included
John M. Fly
, Milliken & Company;
Walt Jones
, Precision Fabrics Group Inc.; and
C.K. Wong
, US Pacific Nonwovens Industry Ltd.
April 2004
