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    ARKAY PLASTICS CALIFORNIA — Rocco Mercadante joined the Lodi, Calif., firm as plant manager. Arkay produces plastic components for the material handling, automotive and home electronics industries.

    ARKAY PLASTICS ILLINOIS — The Paris, Ill., producer of plastic components for the automotive and home electronics industries named Dallas Alexander an assistant plant manager.

    COMPOSITE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL INC. — The Dallas manufacturer of molded and pultruded fiberglass-reinforced plastic products named Marty Mauer vice president of sales and marketing. Wendell Hollingsworth was promoted from plant manager to director of operations, and corporate engineering manager Kenneth Berg was promoted to director of corporate engineering.

    ESSEX PLASTICS INC. — The Pompano Beach, Fla., film producer appointed Dale Gange to the newly created position of technical director.

    JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. — The interiors supplier's Automotive Systems Group named Rande Somma president for interior trim, marketing and new products. He continues to manage the Plymouth, Mich.-based company's Honda business and also will head operations in Japan. James Pell was named group vice president and general manager of the firm's worldwide component operations. He spent the last year as president of Schmalbach-Lubeca Plastic Containers USA Inc., a Manchester, Mich.-based company formerly owned by Johnson Controls.

    LEAR CORP. — Patrick Burke was named vice president of sales and business development at the Southfield, Mich., supplier of auto interior systems. Paul Taaffe was named the firm's vice president of finance for Europe.

    LIQUI-BOX CORP. — C. William McBee was named president and chief operating officer of the Worthington, Ohio, blow molder. He had been vice president of manufacturing and administration.

    MACK MOLDING CO. — The board of directors of the Arlington, Vt., injection molder promoted four senior executives in two of the company's divisions. Bill Cooley was promoted from vice president of northern operations to president of the northern division, which comprises facilities in Arlington, Cavendish and Pownal, Vt. Ray Burns, formerly vice president and general manager of southern operations, is now president of the southern division, which has facilities in Inman, S.C., and Statesville, N.C. Jeff Somple was promoted from director of sales and engineering of northern operations to vice president of sales and engineering for the northern division. Rick Bentzinger, formerly director of human resources for the northern operations, was promoted to vice president of human resources for the northern division.

    SHAPE INC. — The Fitchburg, Mass.-based injection molder named Allen F. Davis executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Geoff Gordon vice president of manufacturing. Daniel Herrick was named vice president of new business operations at the company's Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center in Sanford, Maine.

    SILVER-LINE PLASTICS CORP. — The Asheville, N.C., extruder of PVC and polyethylene pipe and tubing products appointed Ricky C. Silver president and chief executive officer. The company was founded in 1962 by Charles J. Silver and his father, Charlie Rome Silver. Ricky C. Silver, who joined the company in 1992, is the son of Charles J. Silver. He also is president of the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association, a trade organization representing industry manufacturers in the United States and Canada.

    TRIPLE S PLASTICS INC. — The Vicksburg, Mich.-based injection molder named Matthew E. Bliemeister vice president of sales and marketing. He formerly was employed at Polymerland Inc.

    UNIROYAL TECHNOLOGY CORP. — The Sarasota, Fla., manufacturer of proprietary plastic products and specialty chemical and polymer products named Larry Bressler vice president and general manager of the Uniroyal Engineered Products Naugahyde division. He had been vice president of sales.

    UNIVERSAL POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES INC. — The Lynn, Mass., manufacturer of PVC and polyolefin heat-shrink and custom plastic tubing appointed Raymond Souza vice president of sales.

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    EXXON CHEMICAL, the Houston-based division of Exxon Corp., appointed Dave D. Duston director of its polymer automotive business unit. ... Jim Karlin has joined BAILEY PERSONNEL CONSULTANTS INC., Rochester, N.Y.-based specialists in management and technical staffing. He will coordinate BPCI nationwide technical and management recruitment in design, product development, engineering and all plastics categories. ... GEORGIA GULF CORP., the Atlanta-based manufacturer of commodity chemicals and polymers, promoted Edward A. Schmitt from executive vice president and chief operating officer to president and COO. Jerry R. Satrum stepped down as president of the firm and announced he will relinquish the chief executive officer position to Schmitt on April 1. Satrum will continue as a member of the company's board of directors. ... William D. Vernon was named vice president and general manager of Houston-based consulting firm CHEMICAL MARKET RESOURCES INC. ... Jay T. LeClaire was named vice president of business development for the Boston/New England region of CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING, a Livingston, N.J., firm offering equipment financing services. He had been a new business manager for sales financing. ... Michael Molyneux was named president of CYTEC FIBERITE INC., a subsidiary of West Paterson, N.J.-based CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC., which supplies specialty chemicals and materials and building block chemicals for the automotive industry. He had been vice president and general manager of Cytec Engineered Materials Inc. Carl Smith was named vice president of operations for the firm. He had been president and chief operating officer at Fiberite Inc. ... Robert Fielding was named senior vice president of the Americas for CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES DIVISION, the Rumford, R.I., masterbatches manufacturer. ... Henry Anderson was named vice president of converting operations at TRANSILWRAP CO. INC., a Chicago-based sheet and film manufacturer and converter. ... Janet Devine, president of West Chester, Pa.-based SONOBOND ULTRASONICS, was named president of the ULTRASONIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., UIA is a worldwide organization of professionals united in advancing medicine and industry through the promotion of ultrasonic technology. ... James F. Conway, owner of ACI PLASTICS INC., was installed as president of the International Association of Plastics Distributors, a Leawood, Kan., trade association of distributors and manufacturers of industrial plastic materials. ... AEC INC., a Wood Dale, Ill., auxiliary equipment and systems supplier, named Steve Wojcieszek commercial sales manager. ... ZYGO MOULD LTD., the Toronto-based injection mold manufacturer, announced three executive appointments: Rodney Felka was promoted from sales director for Latin America to vice president of business development. David Halford was named vice president of finance and administration and also will direct the firm's human resource development activities. Walter Kovac, who helped found Zygo in 1985, was appointed vice president of operations for the company. ... GEON CO., a Cleveland-based PVC compound and resin producer, announced Edward C. Martinelli, senior vice president for corporate development, will retire after a 34-year career with the company. ... Robert A. Post was named director of the additives business unit of CLARIANT CORP., an independent specialty chemicals company. ... KRAUSS-MAFFEI CORP. of Florence, Ky., named Glen H. Grosser general manager of its reaction process machinery division, which supplies components and turnkey systems for the processing of polyurethanes, nylons and other liquid reactive components. ... ALLIED TOOL INC., a Michigan Center, Mich., manufacturer of blow molds, tooling and machine parts, named Shawn LaRock to its sales team. He will be responsible mainly for international growth. ... PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES INC., the St. Charles, Ill., manufacturer of plastic processing machinery, named Alan Farkas national sales manager; Rocky Couch was appointed system sales engineer for the southeast region; Richard John was named system sales engineer for the northeast region; Fred Jalili was appointed system sales engineer for the midwest region; and Roger Clarke was named system sales engineer for the east central region. ... PROCESS CONTROL CORP., an Atlanta-based manufacturer of machinery and control systems for extrusion, has named Bill Dannelly manager of international sales and marketing.

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