Ian Rand has joined Southwire as Vice President and President of Canada Business. He will provide oversight and guidance to the organization based at Southwire Canada’s new corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. He served as Senior Vice President Canada for Prysmian and General Cable from 2010-2019, before taking his most recent position as general manager for Omnicable Canada. Based in Carrollton, Georgia, USA, Southwire is the largest manufacturer of copper and aluminum rod, wire and cable in the United States.

 Teknor Apex has named Patricia Mishic O’Brien as chief sustainability officer. She has extensive experience driving transformational, sustainable growth across diverse industries. She most recently was chief commercial officer at UBQ Materials, where she was responsible for sales, marketing, sales operations and technical service and development. Prior to that she held senior leadership roles at various companies in the materials science industry. She holds a B.S. degree in business administration from Youngstown State University and an MBA from the University of Akron. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Teknor Apex is a global leader in custom polymer compounding.

 Todd Hesser has joined the high-temperature sales team at Radix. He has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. In his new role, he will focus on supporting regional Energy OEM and MRO customer accounts. Based in Glenwillow, Ohio, Radix Wire specializes in high-performance, extreme-temperature wire and cable.

Fred Carr was named a plant director for Prysmian. He has more than 20 years of plant management experience, most recently serving as the director of operations at Atkore. He previously held similar management roles at Alkegen, Parker Hannifin, and Federal Mogul. He holds multiple degrees from the University of Illinois in mechanical engineering as well as a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. He is in charge of Prysmian’s plant in Marshall, Texas, which manufactures a range of power cables.