Essentra appoints new chief executive

Essentra has appointed Paul Forman as chief executive to succeed Colin Day, the supplier of plastic and fibre products announced on Monday.

Forman will begin at the start of 2017 after Day steps down on 31 December. He joins from industrial thread manufacturer Coats where he has been chief executive since 2010.

Forman was also previously chief executive at Low & Bonar and managing director of Unipart International.