Pixelle Specialty Solutions has promoted Timothy R. Hess to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Hess will continue to report to Steven J. Klinger, Executive Chairman of Pixelle.
Hess has served as President of Pixelle since 2018, when the company was created through private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg's acquisition of Glatfelter’s Specialty Papers Business Unit. Prior to 2018, Hess served as Senior Vice President and President of Glatfelter’s Specialty Papers Business Unit after advancing through assignments of progressive responsibility in technical, operations, sales and marketing, and general management. He joined Glatfelter in 1994. Hess earned a Master of Science degree from the Institute of Paper Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.