Executive Action
WASHINGTON—Alexis Garcin, chairman and president of Michelin North America, has been named to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association.
CINCINNATI—Emery Oleochemicals has appointed Jeff McCarthy as an area business manager for its North American specialties sales group.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—Henniges has hired L. Brooks Mallard as its chief financial officer.
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Michelin has promoted Alexis Garcin, a 17-year Michelin veteran, to chairman and president of Michelin North America, succeeding Scott Clark.
WILMINGTON, Del.—Chemours has appointed Mark Newman to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
FLORENCE, Ky.—Paul Caprio, president of Krauss-Maffei Corp. for the past 10 years, is leaving the Florence company.
SEATTLE— Jong-Hoon Baek, an executive vice president for Kumho Petrochemicals, was elected president of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers for 2019-20.
NEWMARKET, Ontario—AirBoss has promoted Chris Bitsakakis to president and chief operating officer of the company.
BREMEN, Germany—Acmos Chemie recently appointed Ralph Lopez to the position of general manager and vice president for its newly formed rubber division.
PITTSBURGH—The executive leadership of the United Steelworkers union will look very different going forward.