Grede Foundries Inc. named Bob Troyer as its new vice president of business development. Troyer has been with the foundry holding company since 1993, first as product manager in the Milwaukee corporate office, and currently as director of marketing. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Grede operates nine foundries in the U.S. and a joint-venture operation in Mexico, ProezaGrede. It produces gray iron, ductile iron, and steel castings for customers in markets that include automobiles, construction and farm machinery and equipment, and pumps and compressors.