Cotton Incorporated Inc., Cary, N.C., has promoted Mike Tyndall to vice president, product development and implentation.

Gneuss Inc., Matthews, N.C., has named Roger Clarke sales engineer, screen changers and polymer filtration systems.

Peter Finger, vice president of international sales, Sioux Corp., Beresford, S.D., has been named a Certified Global Business Professional by North American Small Business International Trade Educators.

Royal DSM N.V., the Netherlands, has named Christophe Dardel president, DSM Biomedical.

The Federation of European Screen Printing Associations (FESPA), United Kingdom, has elected Gyorgy Kovacs president for a three-year term.

The Cordura® brand of Invista, Wichita, Kan., has named Doug McMullen end-use marketing manager, performance surfaces and materials.

The Gastonia, N.C.-based Southern Textile Association (STA) has elected Brad Burnett, Inman Mills, president; Randy Blackston, Glen Raven Inc., first vice president; Ed Cox, Cone Denim, second vice president; and Ken Rada, Duke Energy, member-at-large. STA also has elected the following
to its Board of Governors: Preston Aldridge, FTA Inc.; Rick Carpenter, Conitex Sonoco; Dean Cobb, Tuscarora Yarns Inc.; Jim Hetherington, Atkins Machinery; Ansel Smith, Springfield LLC; and Todd Wemyss, Glen Raven Inc. STA has given the David Clark Award for distinguished service and lead-ership to Lyman W. Hamrick, Hamrick Mills.

The Bremen Cotton Exchange, Germany, has elected Jens D. Lukaczik, Cargo Control Germany GmbH & Co. KG, president; and Fritz A. Grobien, Albrecht, Müller-Pearse &  Co. Trade KG, vice president.

Techmer PM, Clinton, Tenn., has promoted Jack Murphy to head of its  automotive initiative.

July/August 2010