Executive Action

Mike Esposito has been named group vice president, Motion Automation Intelligence, at Motion Industries Inc.

Linda Hellebuyck brings more than 30 years of financial and accounting experience to the CFO role.

Goodyear will consider candidates both from within the current executive team and outside the company to succeed Richard Kramer.

The custom mixer added John Chimenti as director of industrial and Sean Sullivan as director of automotive.

Guill Tool and Engineering Co. is adding experience to its staff with the hiring of Nick Comeau and Brandon Ribeiro as design engineers.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems A.B. has named Christian Bergaust as its interim chief financial officer and plans to move him into the role permanently in the coming weeks.

As Monolith prepares to open its Phase II production of plasma-produced carbon black at its Olive Creek campus, it will look to Russell Webb to lead operations.

Continental A.G. has promoted Gerd Bartels to head of its Specialty Tires business area, succeeding Wolfgang Thomale.

Longtime executives who head the Fluid Connectors Group and the Aerospace Group at the Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based maker of motion and control technologies will retire at the end of the year. Their successors will start Jan. 1.