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H. MUEHLSTEIN & CO. INC., the Norwalk, Conn., compounder and distributor, has named Mark Bruner general manager of its Houston-based Compounded Products Group. ... FAST HEAT INC., the Elmhurst, Ill., manufacturer of hot runner systems, electronic temperature controls and electric heating elements has named Sal Aleide president and chief operating officer and Peter Zachary vice president of manufacturing operations. Aleide succeeds Tim Stojka, who remains Fast Heat chief executive officer. ... MONTELL POLYOLEFINS of Wilmington, Del., named Chuck Platz president of Montell North America Inc. He succeeds Paolo Morrione, who was named president of Montell Technology Co. Morrione will replace Paolo Galli, who is retiring May 1 after more than 37 years with Montell and its predecessor companies. Galli will be honorary chairman of Montell Technology Co. ... CHARTER FINANCIAL INC., a New York-based financing firm has named Donald Furrer vice president and head of U.S. and Canadian vendor business. ... Karl Hahn has been named group vice president of the Plastic Materials business for Mount Olive, N.J.-based BASF CORP. He succeeds Reinhard Katz, who has been promoted to group vice president of the Global Styrenic Polymers business in Ludwigshafen, Germany. ... NFM WELDING ENGINEERS of Massillon, Ohio, a manufacturer of rubber and plastics processing equipment, named R. Edward Wykoff director of process and compounding technology. ... TEKNOR APEX CO.'s plastics division, a Pawtucket, R.I., compounder of PVC and thermoplastic elastomers, has named John Macaluso industry manager for PVC molding and extrusion. The company also named Terry Freeman market development specialist for the TPE Group.
