Spartech Corp., a St. Louis-based producer of sheet materials with $1.3 million in revenue, has promoted Michael Marcely to controller and senior vice president of planning. He succeeds Randy Martin, who continues to serve as the company's CFO and executive vice president of corporate development. Marcely, 41, joined Spartech six years ago after serving as a senior manager in the merger and acquisition transaction support practice at Ernst & Young and working as a financial analyst and reporting manager at Emerson Electric.

Albany International, an Albany, N.Y.-based textile company with $1 billion in revenue, named Michael Burke CFO and senior vice president. He succeeds Michael Nahl, who is retiring after 27 years with the company. Burke, 51, was CFO and executive vice president at Intermagnetics General until it was sold to Royal Philips in 2005. Earlier, he was CFO of HbT, a technology company, and spent 20 years in investment banking at Barclays Capital and CIBC World Markets.

American Media, a New York City-based publisher of celebrity and fitness magazines with $496 million in revenue, has promoted Chris Polimeni to executive vice president of finance, treasurer and chief accounting officer. He succeeds Dean Durbin, who takes the CFO position at Cengage Learning, a Stamford, Conn., provider of print and digital information services for educational markets. Polimeni, 45, was president of Polimeni and Associates, specializing in financial management and systems consulting, and has served as corporate controller and interim CFO at Questron Technology. Durbin, 56, served as CFO and chief operating officer of American Media. Earlier, he worked at Vertis Communications, where over 10 years, he served as CFO, chief operating officer, president and CEO