Executive Action
Michelin has hired Maude Portigliatti as executive vice president, high tech materials.
Cooper Standard has added an experienced executive and auditor to its board of directors.
Freudenberg Medical's Silicone Business unit has found a new vice president and general manager.
Longtime Eastman Chemical executive Mark Cox will retire at the end of the year.
Triangle Tire has promoted a former Bridgestone executive to succeed Manny Cicero.
For Mauricio Arellano, the new leader of Q Holding Co. as of Feb. 8, a successful business legacy is a result of employee empowerment—not of an executive's personal goals or transactional philosophies.
Chemours Co., a chemical company that specializes in titanium technologies, thermal and specialized solutions, has appointed Mark Newman as its next CEO and president.
The chemist brings years of experience in developing products for pigments and coatings.
Custom mixer Elite Elastomers has hired Andy Claytor as its next vice president of sales.
Richard "Dick" Gust is joining a federal advisory committee involved in technology trade issues.