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Apex Tool Group appoints CEO

Apex Tool Group LLC, Sparks, Md., a provider of industrial hand and power tools, has appointed Thomas Wroe Jr., current chairman of the board, to the additional role of CEO. He succeeds Steve Breitzka, who is stepping down to begin the next phase in his career.

Wroe previously served as CEO of Sensata Technologies, where he remains chairman of the board. Before that he worked for Texas Instruments in a variety of management positions in operations, engineering, marketing, and business development across all of the businesses in the sensors and controls division, where he was named president.