KitchenAid vice president joins International Housewares Association board

Armstrong joined company in 1991

-- Casual Living, 1/29/2007 7:11:00 AM

Martin F. Armstrong, vice president of global sales at KitchenAid, has been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association. Armstrong’s term begins immediately and ends Sept. 30, 2009.
 
 Armstrong joined KitchenAid, in 1991. He is responsible for sales and trade marketing for the company’s portable appliance division. KitchenAid, which also licenses kitchen tools, cookware and bakeware, is a division of Whirlpool Corp. Armstrong began his career in the housewares industry in 1987 with Rubbermaid. Prior to that, he worked for Lever Brothers from 1985-87.
 
 Also serving on the IHA Board are Matthew L. Andis, president, Andis Company; Richard L. Boynton, president, LeCreuset of America, Inc.; Peter B. Cameron, chief executive officer, Waterford Wedgewood, and IHA vice chairman/chairman elect;  Mark Eichhorn, president, Anchor Hocking Glass; Jordan Glatt, president, Magla Products; James Glenn, president/CEO, Whitney Design Inc. and IHA chairman; Linda S. Graebner, LGA Inc. and Immediate Past IHA Chairman; Barry D. Harper, president/CEO, Harper Brush Works; Fred H. Howard; Bruce Kaminstein, president, Casabella; Marc J. Navarre, president/CEO, All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC; Karl H. Pfitzenreiter, president/CEO, Zwilling J.A. Henckels; William Reibl, president/CEO, Progressive International Corp.; Jeff Siegel, CEO, Lifetime Brands and IHA treasurer; Douglas R. Taeckens, president, Jokari/US, Inc.; Robert L. Trudeau, chairman, Trudeau Corporation; and Mike Whitaker, business unit manager, Sapona Plastics, LLC.