CASCADE ENGINEERING INC. — The Grand Rapids, Mich., injection molder named John Kundrat vice president of technology and Giles Wright director of supply chain management.
CCL CONTAINER INC. TUBE DIVISION — Jeff Hayet was named senior account executive for the Oak Ridge, N.J., manufacturer of containers and packaging components for consumer products. Hayet will be responsible for East Coast accounts.
HPG INTERNATIONAL INC. — The Somerset, N.J., company with calendering and extrusion operations named Douglas Siegrist manager of its 250,000-square-foot plant in Mountaintop, Pa.
KOLLER ENTERPRISES INC. — The Fenton, Mo., injection molder named Alois Koller III president of its Koller-Craft Plastic Products division.
LACKS ENTERPRISES INC. — The Grand Rapids, Mich., injection molder named Douglas Evans, Norm Krol and Larry O'Toole vice presidents. Evans also will remain division general manager for Lacks Exterior Systems, Krol will remain general manager of the Plastic Plate Inc. division and O'Toole will remain general manager of the Wheel Trim Systems division.
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RHEOMETRIC SCIENTIFIC INC., a Piscataway, N.J., manufacturer of instrumentation and provider of laboratory services promoted Sean Kohl to director of domestic sales, named Jeff Eubanks to the south central sales district and named Bill Swartz district sales manager for rheology and thermal analysis instruments for the western United States. ... FORWARD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES INC., a Minneapolis supplier of standard and custom plastic assembly equipment, named Dave deMunnik, David Kralovetz and George Wertz as regional sales objectives managers for the plastic assembly product line. ... Donald Patten was named application manager of plastics for STAPLA ULTRASONICS CORP., a Wilmington, Mass., supplier of ultrasonic welding systems. ... DEMAG ERGOTECH USA, a Strongsville, Ohio, supplier of injection molding machines, named Kip Doyle regional sales manager for part of the Midwest and Canada. ... David Thomas was named director of manufacturing and engineering for GAVEHREN ENGINEERING INC., a St. Louis supplier of attaching and finishing equipment for the printing and packaging industry. ... PLASTICS PLUS INC., a Yorkville, Ill., distributor and compounder of engineering resins, and a recently certified minority supplier to the automotive industry, named Dave Barkus national sales manager. ... James Connolly will become president and chief executive officer for FLEET CAPITAL CORP., the secured lending subsidiary of Boston-based FleetBoston Financial, when current President and Chief Executive Officer Irwin Teich retires June 29. ... ENGEL CANADA INC., a Guelph, Ontario, supplier of injection molding machines and systems for thermoset processes, named Mark Hammond program manager of special accounts. ... Westerly, R.I.-based MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., a converting equipment supplier, named Nicholas Datson international sales manager. ... Stanley Slonski was named product sales manager for TEC ENGINEERING CORP., an Oxford, Mass., supplier of automation equipment and systems. ... OSTERMAN & CO. INC., a Cheshire, Conn., supplier of plastics raw materials, named Tom Torp credit manager and Bob Bessette plant manager of the EPI division. ... Mark Hamilton was named to the sales staff of Warwick, R.I.-based COMPLETE SYSTEMS INC., which represents manufacturers of auxiliary and automation equipment. ... KRONES INC., a Franklin, Wis., manufacturer of packaging and bottling systems and turnkey lines, named Steven Polonowski assistant to the chief executive officer and to the senior vice president of sales.