A NEW managing director has been appointed at a filter firm.

David Simpson takes over the reins at Burnley-based Interfilta from Clive Holt who is now in a new role with the firm's parent company, McLeod Russel Holdings.

David has been with Interfilta for the past three and a half years, initially as production director and then director of operations. Mr Holt, who remains a director of Interfilta, has become commercial director of McLeod Russel's Clean Air Division.

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