January/February 2008

The National Retail Federation, Washington, has appointed Jonathan Gold vice president for supply chain and customs policy.

Fiberweb Inc., Old Hickory, Tenn., has promoted Kim Rolman to director, cartridge filtration; and Shannon Schoppman to senior product manager, filtration. The company has named DeShawn Futrell account manager, process filtration; and Nicole Tebano account manager, air filtration.

VF Corp., Greensboro, N.C., has appointed Eric Wiseman president and CEO, and Mike Gannaway vice president, VF Direct/Customer Teams.

Gerber Scientific Inc., South Windsor, Conn., has appointed Joseph R. Mele Jr. senior vice president, operations.

Lee Gordon has joined Fiber & Yarn Products Inc., Hickory, N.C., in a marketing, product development and sales capacity.

At its recent annual meeting, the Boston-based National Textile Association (NTA) presented Daniel M. Pezold, Duro Textiles LLC, with a plaque in recognition of his dedicated service as chairman of NTA’s Government Textile Committee from 2005 to 2007.

LaamScience Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has appointed Dr. Christopher H. Price president and CEO, and Tom Roberg executive chairman.

Nanocomp Technologies Inc., Concord, N.H., has named John H. Dorr vice president, business development.


William J. Nictakis has joined Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., as president, chief commercial officer; Howard Church executive vice president, Innerwear; and John Marsh, senior vice president, Casualwear.

Jim Lisk has joined American Yarn LLC, Burlington, N.C., as vice president, sales.

BASF AG, Germany, has appointed Christof Herion director of production, intermediates; and Joseph Gantner technical sales representative, functional polymers, Northeast United States.

January/February 2008