The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) has elected Leib Oehmig, CEO of Glen Raven Inc, as its new chairman for 2019.

The appointment was made at the Washington, DC-based trade association’s Annual Meeting earlier this week.

Based in Glen Raven, North Carolina, Glen Raven is specialises in textile research and development, dying, spinning, weaving and finishing, and distribution and logistics.

Oehmig succeeds Marty Moran, CEO of Jefferson, Georgia-based Buhler Quality Yarns.

Also elected as vice chairman for the year ahead is David Roberts, CEO of CAP Yarns, Inc, based in Clover, South Carolina.CAP Yarns is a specialty yarn manufacturer that develops unique yarns for the knitting and weaving industry.

Earlier this year the NCTO said Kimberly Glas would succeed Augustine ‘Auggie’ Tantillo as president and CEO following his retirement at the end of April.

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Glas has more than 20 years experience in government policy development and advocacy, including serving as a key leader on behalf of the textile industry in the Obama Administration.

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