TempRite [r] Plumbing Products, a business group of Noveon Inc., appointed Alan Watson business director, responsible for FlowGuard Gold[r] CPVC pipe and fittings and TempRite[tm] PEX pipe product lines. He joined Noveon in 2000, most recently serving as director of Global Supply Chain/Six Sigma. He succeeds Mike Vaughn, who has been named director of Global Carbopol[r] Manufacturing and plant manager for Noveon's Calvert City facility.