Abrasive Technology has promoted an associate in its Customer Communications group and appointed two new associates in its Research/Quality and Information Technology groups. Krista O'Reilly has been promoted to the newly-created position of customer communications team leader. In her new role, she will lead and direct the customer communications initiatives for all 10 Abrasive Technology locations worldwide. Leanne Dome has been appointed a process development and quality engineer in the Research/Quality group. In her role, she will apply engineering statistics within quality assurance and manufacturing operations to help the company achieve productivity and technical performance objectives. Jason Williamson has been appointed information technology specialist in the Information Technology group. He will serve in a support capacity, diagnosing and repairing company computer equipment.