C&H PACKAGING CO. INC. — Benjamin Feinn was named vice president of operations at the Merrill, Wis., flexible packaging converter. He had been operations manager at American National Can in St. Louis Park, Minn.
ESSEX PLASTICS INC. — John Rose was named senior process engineer at the oriented film and bag producer. He will be based out of the firm's Pompano Beach, Fla., manufacturing and headquarters facility.
FORT JAMES CORP. — Daniel McCarty was named president of the Deerfield, Ill., company's North American Commercial Products business. He had been president of Fort James' Dixie business. McCarty succeeds Timothy Reilly, who is leaving to pursue other interests. Bill Schultz, formerly vice president of Dixie's Retail Table Top category, becomes executive vice president of Fort James' Dixie division. Francis Florido assumes the expanded role of president for the North American Consumer business. Fort James manufactures plastic and paper consumer products and packaging.
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