LG Floors has appointed David E. Thoresen to the position of executive vice president. Thoresen, who will be working out of the firm’s Englewood Cliffs, NJ headquarters, spent the last eight years at various top executive positions with Mannington. Most recently, he was manager, retail strategic accounts. Prior to that, he served as Mannington’s director, sales & marketing; director, resilient business and national sales manager.

Ardex Engineered Cements has promoted Jesse David to VP and general manager, and Hendrick Goller to director of marketing.

Jesse David was promoted from his current position as vice president of sales, and has more than 19 years of experience in the industry. He will maintain direction over sales while adding profit and loss responsibilities for the Ardex Engineered Cements business unit.

Hendrick Goller was promoted to the newly created position of director of marketing, and previously served as product platform manager for the Ardex Tile & Stone Installation Product Line, where he was responsible for product development and new product launches.

John Mauro has joined Formica Flooring as a regional sales manager. He was most recently a Formica Flooring specialist at T&L Distributing. He will oversee Formica Flooring distributors Darant, Denver Hardwood, Midwest Floor Covering and T&L Distributing.

Eliane has appointed Mike Cox, a 20-year veteran of the floor covering industry, to the position of national sales manager. Prior to joining Eliane at its Carrollton, Texas headquarters, Cox served as district manager and director of ceramic tile for Mohawk Industries.   Now at Eliane, Cox will work to continue developing Eliane distribution partnerships.