Eriez Manufacturing Co. announced three promotions. Charlie Ingram has risen to the newly created position of executive VP and chief marketing officer; Dan Zimmerman is now operations director of Eriez-USA; and Dave Heubel has been promoted to the newly created position of senior sales director for Eriez-USA.

Ingram has worked for Eriez for 25 years, most recently serving as the company’s VP of sales and marketing. In his new role, he will oversee global marketing operations and standardize marketing resources for the company’s 10 subsidiaries and 12 manufacturing locations.

Employed with Eriez since 2004, Zimmerman most recently served as director of business development. His new responsibilities include providing strategic leadership for the company’s operations teams and improving its global supply chain.

Heubel has been with Eriez since 1990, when he started as a technical sales representative. He also has served as separation product manager, national sales manager and, most recently, director of North American sales.

Based in Erie, Pa., Eriez makes a variety of separation and materials-handling technologies.