Cooper Wiring Devices Names Roberts Executive Vice President

Cooper Wiring Devices (Long Island City, N.Y.): Jeffrey M. Roberts has been appointed executive vice president. Responsible for all Cooper Wiring Devices (CWD) sales, marketing and engineering activities, Roberts was formerly with Emerson Electric Co. as vice president and general manager of the Emerson Air Moving Motors Division. He joined Emerson in 1986. Roberts replaces CWD’s Parag Mehta, who recently resigned from the company after eight years as executive vice president. Mehta played a role in integrating the Eagle and Arrow Hart product lines and in introducing the new CWD brand.