D. Philip Skaer II has been named vice president of marketing by Wall Industries, Inc., Beverly, N.J., manufacturers of diverse rope constructions for marine, industrial, hardware, utility, and fishing markets. He was formerly vice president and general manager of Tubbs Cordage Company's Jackson Rope Division. Prior to that, he was sales manager of the Broderick and Bascom Rope Company in St. Louis.
Wall also named Russell Masson, Jacksonville, Fla., as sales representative covering the Southeastern United States. He was formerly with the Cordage Group for 27 years.
Wall Industries, Inc. is the parent company of Yale Cordage, Inc., Yarmouth, Maine; Wall Rope Works; and the New Bedford Cordage Company, Beverly, N.J. The company is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary as a major rope manufacturer.