Barbara Higgens has been named as the new executive director of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute based in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Higgens has had 20 years of experience in corporate marketing, advertising and media relations. One of Higgens' first priorities will be to establish a new permanently staffed PMI headquarters in the Chicago area.
BFGoodrich Specialty Plasticsannounced the appointment of Neal Sugarman as national sales manager of the Plumbing Products business unit's FlowGuard® GoldT CPVC. Sugarman has spent 15 years in sales and marketing, most recently working for Kinetico Incorporated in Newbury, Ohio.