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Plaskolite, LLC, North America’s largest manufacturer of plastic sheet products, announced that Kevin Short has been named President of Plaskolite, LLC. Mitchell Grindley, who has been the company’s President and CEO since 2015, will continue to serve as CEO and work closely with Short moving forward. Short comes to Plaskolite from Polymershapes, where he was President and CEO for more than two years. Before that, he spent 13 years with Laird Plastics (later North American Plastics) in a variety of sales and executive leadership positions.

Palram Americas, a leading global manufacturer of polycarbonate and PVC sheets, announced the promotion of Tony Martin to the position of Northeast Senior Regional Sales Manager. Palram also announced the promotion of Matt Graupen to Regional Sales Manager.

Curbell Plastics, Inc. , one of the nation’s top-five suppliers of performance plastics, welcomes Bojan Tubic as Business Manager of the company’s distribution facility in Cleveland.

Biesse Group is proud to announce the promotion of Niki Kaltsounis-Kampiziones to Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Biesse and Intermac in North America.

SIMONA AMERICA Group announced the appointment of Karen Brock Amoah to the role of Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development. Ms. Amoah brings more than twenty years of experience in global sales and business development to this role.

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