BREDA, HOLLAND – Cobar Europe has promoted Manfred Bult to chief operating officer, effective immediately.

Bult will report to Stan Renals, who has been promoted to chief executive officer.

Bult has been with Cobar BV since 1995, where he has served as director of order processing and procurement since 2003.

Cobar Europe, part of the Balver Zinn Group, is a global supplier of solder, solder paste, solder fluxes and related materials.