Agru America named Melissa Grace as Business Unit Manager for the Fiber and Textile Business Unit and Chris Eichelberger’s role as VP-Technical Marketing will expand to include the oversight of technical marketing associated with the Geosynthetics product line.
Grace will be responsible for developing new business and interfacing between the geosynthetics sales staff and the Agru America Andrews production plant and QC lab. She will also handle product development and providing technical support to customers and other Agru personnel.
Eichelberger has more than 14 years of experience in the geosynthetics industry in a variety of roles including constructability reviews, installation of products, project management, contract administration, specification and material selection and field experience in CQA of soils and geosynthetic materials. He will develop, present and implement client solutions in collaboration with Agru’s Technical Geosynthetics Team.