Evans, Berntson Promoted at Indium

Materials manufacturer Indium Corp. has named Greg Evans as its CEO and Ross Berntson as its president and chief operating officer.

Evans has been with Indium for 36 years. He began as a technical support engineer and rose to product line manager, helping expand the company’s product lines into the surface-mount technology assembly field. As division director for Indium’s electronics assembly materials, he guided the growth of the solder paste product line and instituted a formal corporate R&D function. Evans eventually became the vice president of manufacturing and sales, overseeing the expansion of the company’s manufacturing footprint and sales structure in the U.K., Singapore, China, South Korea and Malaysia to address the company’s global market. He was named president and chief operating officer in 1997.

Evans earned his associate’s degree in engineering science from Mohawk Valley Community College, his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University and his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Berntson joined Indium Corporation in 1996 as a product specialist. He became manager, marketing leader, sales leader, tech support leader and most recently served as executive vice president. Berntson holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Cornell University, where he earned the Henny Wittink Memorial Marketing Prize and the George Caldwell Award.

Indium is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film and thermal management markets.