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US: Vortex has appointed Lyndon Flower as a Business Development Manager for its USA & Canada division. His focus will be on working with manufacturers’ representatives, regional and territory sales managers, and industry specialists to further expand the sales of Vortex products in the dry bulk material handling industry. Previously, Flower served as vice president and general manager at A&J Mixing International for 18 years until the company was acquired by Smico in 2015. Since then, he has been focused on sales and marketing efforts for the A&J Mixing line.

Japan: Tetsuya Horimoto has been appointed as the managing director of Schmersal Group’s new subsidiary in Japan, Schmersal Japan. He succeeds Tekashi Kabe who ran the group’s sales office in Tokyo. Horimoto is an electronic engineer with management experience at companies in the automation sector. He is also a TÜV-certified Functional Safety Engineer. The company, which operates switchgear and control device products, will continue operating out of its Tokyo office.

Belgium: Stefan Borgas, the chief executive officer (CEO) of RHI Magnesita, has started working as the new president of the World Refractories Association (WRA). He succeeds François Wanecq, the former CEO of Vesuvius.

The WRA was founded in 2014 by refractory industry associations and multinational companies. The WRA constitutes a forum to debate regulatory issues affecting global trade, circulate aggregated industry statistics, promote the interests of the worldwide refractory industry, and act as a counterpart to other world industry organizations such as the World Steel Association. The WRA is composed of continental associations including Europe (PRE), Latin America (ALAFAR) and North America (TRI) as well as national associations from China (ACRI), India (IRMA) and Japan (JRA). Multinational companies are also direct members.

US: Lehigh Cement has made three appointments to the management of its Mitchell cement plant at Allentown in Pennsylvania.

Quentin McGahey, former plant manager at the Mitchell cement plant, has been appointed as Vice President, Cement Operations Northeast, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. McGahey joined Lehigh Cement Company in 2016 and has more than 22 years of experience in mining and cement manufacturing. McGahey also served as an army officer before beginning his civilian career.

Jerry Miller, former assistant plant manager at the Mitchell plant, is now plant manager at the unit. Miller joined the company in 1980 and has more than 37 years of cement production and management experience at the company’s facilities in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

Cody Hall, former safety manager at the Mitchell plant, is now assistant plant manager. Hall joined Lehigh Cement Company in 1995 and has more than 21 years of cement industry and management experience.

UK: Aggregate Industries has appointed Pablo Libreros as the managing director of its aggregates division. Libreros joined Aggregate Industries in 2017 as Director of Growth and Innovation from the LafargeHolcim Group, where he was previously chief executive officer (CEO) for its Costa Rica business. Prior to this he held various senior roles, including Logistics Director and Supply Chain Director, within the group’s Brazil division.