• Aerocrine AB (Solna, Sweden) reported the appointment of Chip Neff to the position of president of Aerocrine’s U.S. subsidiary Aerocrine Inc. (Chicago), effective Feb. 25. Neff joins Aerocrine from HemoCue/Quest Diagnostics. Aerocrine AB specializes in management and care of patients with airway inflammation.

• Gerry Avitable has been named director of sales and marketing at Foster (Putnam, Connecticut). Avitable previously held management positions in the sales of engineering materials at both RTP and GE Plastics. Foster specializes in polymer technologies.