Richard R. Geoffroy, director of engineering and applications at Polymer Services Group in Somers, CT, has been named chairman of ASTM International Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems. Geoffroy has been with Polymer Services Group since 1985 having previously served as a department manager at Springborn Laboratories, Inc., and plastics engineering group leader at Ionics, Inc. A graduate of Lowell Technological Institute, Geoffroy holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in plastics.