Executive Action
CLEVELAND—Peter Donnelly, the new president of Cancarb, was appointed to the post at the time the company began a 20 percent expansion of production capacity at its thermal carbon black manufacturing plant in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
AVON LAKE, Ohio—Tracy Garrison, who plans to step down from his position as Hexpol Compounding Americas president in December, will become the Geon Performance Solutions CEO in January.
PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island—Teknor Apex has appointed Suresh Swaminathan as its new president, succeeding William Murray, who is retiring after 41 years with the company.
DETROIT—Doug Parks, a longtime General Motors engineer who oversees its autonomous and electric vehicle programs, will become the auto maker's global product development and purchasing chief.
AVON, Ohio—Maroon Group has named Thomas Papasso vice president of principal management for its CASE Division.
WILMINGTON, Del.—Chemours has appointed Edwin Sparks to lead its fluoroproducts business as president.
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio—LMI Custom Mixing has hired Bobbi McMillen as its materials coordinator for its Cambridge polymer mixing facility.
HOUSTON—Total Specialties USA has appointed Franck Bagouet senior vice president of lubricants.
AKRON—CEO Dave Banyard will step down from his post at Akron's Myers Industries Inc.
HOUSTON—Orion Engineered Carbons has made changes to the roles of three members of its executive management team.