Specialty Fabrics Review October 2019 - 19

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Bachansingh receives AATCC award

Ayala named Aurora president

New management at Pelican Products

Jessica Bachansingh is the recipient of the 2019 AATCC
Outstanding College Graduate Award. Bachansingh was selected
from the nominees submitted by the AATCC student chapter
faculty advisors for an outstanding graduating senior from their
respective universities. She attends Florida State University
and will be graduating with a retail merchandising and product
development major along with three entrepreneurship minors in
commercial, social and retail. Bachansingh was the AATCC student
chapter president at her college in the fall semester of 2017.

Marcia Ayala has been promoted to president of Aurora Specialty
Textiles Group Inc., a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Meridian
Industries. Ayala, who started at Aurora in 2006 as director of
research and development, was promoted to vice president
of research and development in 2014 and promoted again to
company vice president in 2015. She played a key leadership
role at Aurora during the company's recent transition from its
former plant in Aurora, Ill., to a new manufacturing facility in
Yorkville, Ill., which involved bringing in a new generation of
textile equipment and technology.

Pelican Products Inc. has promoted Michael Bubica to director
of supply chain and inventory performance. In this role, he will
work closely with sales, product management and customer
service teams to better understand demand and align supply
and distribution planning to meet customer needs and Pelican's
business objectives. Pelican has also hired Frank Gennaco
as director of worldwide procurement. He will be responsible
for the consistent delivery of components and finished goods
required to maximize customer on-time delivery service levels
with the right amount of inventory. He also will set strategies
to ensure items are delivered at the best quality and value.

Wyman named AATCC EVP

Unifi appoints Creaturo

The AATCC board of directors has voted to promote Diana
Wyman to the role of executive vice president. Previously,
Wyman served as the AATCC technical director. Wyman has a
BA in fashion merchandising from Radford University, an MS
in Textiles from North Carolina State University, and an MBA
from Meredith College. The board made this decision after Brian
Francois departed the role in July to pursue other opportunities.

Unifi Inc. has appointed Craig A. Creaturo as executive vice
president and CFO. He has more than 15 years of experience
as an executive leader for finance and accounting teams at
businesses with complex manufacturing and global operations.

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