People, Places and Things

Interstate Plastics announced the addition of Mike McKenna Sales Representative for Southern California. McKenna has over 8 years of sales experience in the plastics distribution industry and additional time spent selling machined parts with a high tech machine shop in the SoCal region. Interstate’s Kent, WA branch has added Maureen “Dodge” Marshall to their Inside Sales staff. Marshall has spent many years in the industrial sales arena in the Seattle market and has a proven track record in customer sales and service.

AmeriLux International LLC announced the addition of Cassie Geiger to their customer service and marketing team. Cassie has over 25 years experience in account and project management as well as graphic design.

Palram announced the addition of Charlene Riegger as the new Marketing Specialist. Riegger will be assisting the current Marketing Director, Stan Schultz, in the marketing efforts to further the Palram brand in the various markets served.

CO-EX Corporation announced a re-organization of its sales team. The changes to the sales structure will focus their resources to provide more support to the distribution, OEM and the Greenhouse segments while increasing our presence in a number of strategic markets and geographies. Janice Pravorne will assume the new role of Horticultural Sales Manager, Janice will take this leadership role in supporting our greenhouse and grower customer base in North America. The Leading Edge Marketing Group is appointed sales representative in WA, OR, ID, CA, NV, AZ, CO and the Canadian Province of B.C., The Tandem Group is appointed in WI, MO, MN, IL, IN, OH, MI, KS, NE. Dave Murphy will continue his sales role in the eastern U.S and Canada and has expanded his territory to include the states of FL, GA, NC, SC, MS, AL, TN.

SIMONA America recently completed an upgrade of all interior lights, saving energy and reducing the company’s carbon footprint. The new high-efficiency lights have slashed the energy requirement for lighting by 60% versus the previous light fixtures, and will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide generated to light the facility by nearly 500 metric tons per year. In addition to new lights, motion sensors were also installed in several areas of the factory and the office to further reduce energy demands when areas are unoccupied. The project was completed in less than two weeks and many old fixtures could be retrofitted with new bulbs, minimizing the waste generated.

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