Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Industries has promoted Donald Maier to CEO and executive vice president of Armstrong Flooring Products. He replaces Thomas Mangas, who left the company to become executive vice president and CFO for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
Maier joined Armstrong in 2010 as senior vice president, global operations excellence, and is credited with leading a lean transformation that dramatically improved manufacturing and procurement productivity, noted Matt Espe, Armstrong’s CEO. Maier also established a disciplined project management process and implemented a safety program that has delivered world-class results. Under his leadership, the company right-sized its manufacturing footprint to correspond to demand around the world, consolidating facilities in the U.S. and building and opening new plants here and around the world.