People, Places and Things

Eastman Chemical Company announced that Fred A. Buehler has been named Vice-President of E-business, Mark Klopp has been appointed Managing Director of digital business ventures, and Regg Bonnevie was made Director of global programs.

Jeff DuCharme has joined the Atoglas Division of ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. as a Plexiglas® sheet product sales Representative, and Michael Schuppert has joined as a Technical Sales Representative.

Curbell Plastics announced the promotion of Daniel Damas to the position of Branch Manager for the Clearwater, FL distribution center and Ronald Claydon has accepted the newly created position of Market Development Manager.

MAXYM Technologies Inc., manufacturers of routers and other machinery, announced that Matthew Steiner has been made Director of Sales.

AIN Plastics, a business unit of Thyssen Inc., NA's TMX Distribution Group, announced the appointment of Mark J. DiCarlo as Vice President of Operations.

Andrew (Andy) Werner has been named Eastern Territory Sales Manager for POLYGAL® U.S.A., Inc., a leading supplier of polycarbonate structured sheet, corrugated and flat sheet for architectural and industrial applications.

Steve Fulton has been named President of the LaVanture Group. Fulton joined the LaVanture Group in 1994 as Chief Financial Officer and in 1998 was named Chief Operating Officer.

Calflex Manufacturing, a division of Barbour Corporation, announced the appointment of Hartwell Associates, Inc. as their manufacturer's representative in the Northeastern US and Canada for distributor and OEM sales. Hartwell is composed of Bob Hartwell and Craig Miller (New England), Mike Delladio (Upstate New York and Canada) and Russ Consentino (Mid Atlantic). Calflex manufactures flexible tubing in clear vinyl, nylon braided vinyl, LLDPE and other materials, as well as specialty hose constructions. Barbour is a manufacturer of standard and custom profile extrusions.

Preco Industries has hired Sean Heron-Vanta as Laser Systems Product Manager.

Poly Hi Solidur has appointed Harold Epps VP and GM, and Mark Yde VP Business Development.

Craig Hampton becomes the VP Marketing for the new Nytef Group (formerly Nytef Plastics) which adds Comco Plastics and Transparent Protection Systems.

Ensinger Inc. announced the addition of Michael Feld as Territory Account Manager. Mike will be responsible for coordinating the outside field sales activities for Northern California and the states of Oregon and Washington.

Matt Houlihan has formed Rocky Mountain Rep Group. They will serve as manufacturers agents covering the Rocky Mountain states. "I see a real opportunity to help plastic manufacturers increase their market share in this growing area of the country," said Houlihan.

FTM, Inc. has launched a new web site, www.thefabricatorssource.com.

The Transilwrap Company, Inc. announced that Max Minkus has been named Manufacturing Business Manager, Gerado Silva has been named Latin American Sales Specialist for Trans-Kote® thermal laminating films and Nada Stojanovic has been named Corporate Human Resources Manager.

John S. Satagaj, WMMA's Washington Counsel, has been appointed to the Bush-Cheny Transition Advisory Group on the Small Business Administration.

The B.B. Bradley Co., Inc., a protective packaging manufacturer, has added Pegg Lyttle to the Sales Department at its Painesville location and Shawn Johnston to the Sales Department at its Columbus location.

Forward Technology announced the appointment of Steve Spratt as Vice President of Sales for its Plastic Assembly Division.

The Tooling & Manufacturers Association announced the following individuals are their 2001 Officers: James P. Hommer, Gregory M. Willard, and John Winnzeler. Stephen Arbizzani, Hal Pulfer, and Raymond T. Wiltgen were also made new directors.

Members of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) elected the following officers for 2001, Alan Vidinsky, Grady Rosier, Andre Lacy, William A. Parsley, J. Michael Moore, Sydney T. (Tucker) Jones III, and Dirk Van Dongen.

Dow Plastics research scientist Dr. Duane Priddy has been named a 2001 fellow of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering of the American Chemical Society.

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