TiniFiber reported several management changes. Tom Artinian is the new CEO. He has 30 years of leadership experience in fiber optics and cabling, most recently serving as CFO and president at the wire and cable division of Hitachi Metals, now known as Proterial Ltd. During his time there, he spearheaded transformational initiatives that expanded the company into new markets and achieved double-digit growth, as well as navigating the division during the ownership transition to Proterial Ltd. He replaces Christian Peterson, TiniFiber’s founder and outgoing CEO, who will transition to chairman. Ken Consalvo was promoted to operations manager at Proterial Cable USA. He joined the company in 2023 as a senior process engineer, and prior to that was a process engineering supervisor for Marmon Industrial Energy & Infrastructure Operations, and a quality assurance manager for Alphagary. His extensive manufacturing experience includes seven years at Data Guide Cable and 28 years at Mohawk Wire, Belden/CDT. Based in Lindenhurst, New York, USA, TiniFiber manufactures micro armor fiber optic cables.

The American Wire Group has named Amy Sadusky as vice president of regional sales, Northeast & Mid-Atlantic. She most recently was a senior sales associate with Venus Power-Com Supply, and prior to that worked for 17 years for companies that included Total Electrical Distributors, Clear-VU Lighting, Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds Business and the Prysmian Group, where she was a regional sales manager for five years. Based in Aventura, Florida, the American Wire Group manufactures wire and cable for multiple markets, such as power transmission/distribution, substation, solar and EV.

Simone Badini is the new technical department manager for the SAMP Group in Italy. He most recently worked nearly 12 years for Italy’s IMA Group, where he began as an R&D engineer in 2013 and was promoted to positions that included mechanical engineering manager. Based in Bologna, Italy, the SAMP Group makes nonferrous wire pressing equipment, from multiwire drawing systems to insulation and jacketing lines.

John Orona was named business development manager for Remee Wire and Cable. He has extensive manufacturing experience, most recently at Clark Wire & Cable, where he worked for eight years, most recently as director of broadcast sales. He has decades of prior sales and managing experience at companies that include Lake Cable, Gepco International, Isotec Inc., Wire and Cable Specialties and Rome Cable. Based in Florida, New York, Remee Wire and Cable manufactures electronic wire and cable, both copper and fiber optic cable.

Earlier this year, Chroma Color Corporation promoted Joe Herres from vice president of sales and marketing to CEO. He joined the company in 2023. Prior to that he had worked two separate stints, totaling some 15 years with Spartech LLS, where he was vice president sales and marketing and global sales director. He worked for five years for PolyOne, where he was commercial director, and three years with Polymer Extruded Products as national sales manager. He holds a degree in business administration and management from Washburn University. Based in McHenry, Illinois, Chroma Color Corporation supplies specialty color and additive concentrates.