INDUSTRY NEWS PERSONALS Metaldyne Performance Group,
Southfield, Michigan, parent com- pany to Grede Foundries, has named Douglas Grimm president and chief operating officer, and Russell Bradley as executive vice president of sales. Tomas Amato, co-president of MPG and president and CEO of Metaldyne LLC, left the company in January to pursue other interests. In January, Eck Industries Inc.,
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, named Kiley Eck Hayon as president. Hayon has been with Eck Industries for 13 years in quality, human resources and finance, and is set to complete her masters in business administration this year. Chassix Holdings Inc., South-
field, Michigan, announced it has named Douglas DelGrosso as the company’s CEO. He will also serve on the board of directors. DelGrosso joins Chassix after serving as presi-
dent and CEO of Henniges Automo- tive Inc., Auburn, Michigan. Shiloh Industries Inc., Valley City,
Ohio, announced W. Jay Potter has joined the company in the newly cre- ated position of senior vice president- CFO as part of Shiloh’s executive leadership team. Blasch Precision Ceramics Inc.,
Albany, New York, announced the pro- motions of Dave Bacchi and William Russell. Bacchi has been named senior principal engineer. Russell has been promoted to engineering manager. Carpenter Brothers Inc., Mequon,
Wisconsin, announced the promotion of Tom Gaeding to corporate sales manager, and the hiring of Kristin Ha- banek as marketing business develop- ment sales engineer. B&L Information Systems, Bridg-
man, Michigan, has promoted Kristine Craft to vice president–professional services. Craft joined B&L in 2005
and has held numerous positions in the professional services department. She was a manager for the last two years. Diran Apelian, professor of
mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, and director of WPI’s Metal Processing Institute, received the 2015 John Campbell Medal from the Institute of Cast Metals Engi- neers in the U.K.
OBITUARY Joseph Samuel Whiteside, Sr.
died Nov. 27, 2015, in Robbins, North Carolina. He was 84. White- side had previously retired as general manager of Porter Warner Indus- tries, Richburg, South Carolina, and was a 52-year member of the AFS Piedmont chapter. He was the Piedmont chapter chairman from 1966-1967.
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