Appointments ... Armstrong Pumps

Armstrong Pumps named David Elliott managing director - global operations. He had been general manager at Stackpole Ltd., a multi-national automotive component manufacturer. He will be based at Armstrong's Toronto headquarters.

Bruce Van Nus was named managing director - supply solutions. Most recently he was president of Dassault Systemes, a multi-national software services company.

In other changes, Pat Cusack was appointed manager - technical integration systems, where he will lead the firm's engineering services function. Also, Kymberlee Ide was named communications specialist and AlekSandra Wiltshire was named manager - knowledge projects.