Eriez President and CEO Lukas Guenthardt announced the promotion of Eric Bain Wasmund to vice president, Global Flotation Business. Wasmund previously served as Eriez global managing director, Flotation Business.

“Under Eric’s tenure, the company’s flotation business has grown to eight international offices with more than 100 employees,” said Guenthardt. “By working with customers on the adoption of new solutions, such as coarse particle flotation which improves the environmental footprint of mining processes, Eric is not only bringing Eriez tremendous success, but he is also helping to revolutionize the mining industry.”

Wasmund joined Eriez in 2012. Prior to that he held senior roles at Outotec and Inco Limited in sales, marketing, management, capital projects and process engineering. 

He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston and a doctorate in process metallurgy from McMaster University. Wasmund is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and British Columbia.