Propex Forms Technology Division, Names Bruno EVP

Chattanooga, TN, Oct. 12, 2009--Carpet backing maker Propex Operating Co. has created a performance technology division.

The company also named Ralph Bruno as executive vice president and gave the company a direct line to the chief executive officer of the parent company.

Bruno, who has more than 20 years of sales, marketing and executive experience in the plastics industry, will be responsible for increasing the company’s market share, the company said.

Propex is owned by a fund managed by Wayzata Investment Partners of Minneapolis and has more than 2,500 employees worldwide and more than 500 in the Chattanooga area.