Leading global manufacturer of clothing and roll covers used primarily in the paper production process Xerium Technologies Inc announced the additions of David Pretty and Cheryl Diuguid to its senior management team and the retirement of Wolfgang Zarl.
Pretty has been promoted to President - Weavexx, Xerium's North American clothing operation.
Pretty has been with Xerium and its predecessor businesses for 18 years, most recently at Weavexx as Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing and Technology.
Miguel Quinonez, who has been responsible for the clothing business in both North and South America, will return to South America as President - Xerium South America.
Tom Gutierrez, Xerium's CEO, said, "Dave has a great wealth of experience in all facets of their clothing business, and they are confident that he is ready to take on this next challenge.
He would like to thank Miguel for spending a considerable amount of time in North America over the last few years working with Dave and helping him to prepare for this new role.
He know that Miguel and Dave are prepared to work together effectively with rest of the executive team to continue to develop their clothing business globally."
Cheryl Diuguid has been named President - Xerium Asia, with responsibility for accelerating the development of the clothing and roll covers business in that region.
Xerium operations in Japan and Australia, as well as all salesoperations throughout the region, will report to Diuguid.