ALLOYD CO. - Rob van Gilse was named director of international and intercompany sales for the DeKalb, Ill., company. Alloyd is part of the packaging division of thermoformer SCA North America.
AMPAC PACKAGING LLC - The Cincinnati film maker's consumer packaging division named Tom Crossons sales manager and Chad Buckley product manager.
BLACK CLAWSON CONVERTING MACHINERY INC. - The equipment maker in Fulton, N.Y., named Harry Challender vice president of business development.
H&N PACKAGING INC. - The film converter in Colmar, Pa., named Christopher Nigon chief executive officer.
HK PLASTICS ENGINEERING INC. - The injection molder in Oceanside, Calif., named Rick Paul production manager.
IMPERIAL PLASTECH INC. - The pipe extruder in Toronto, named Stamatis Astras chief executive officer and Robert Gallop chief financial officer, following the resignations of Peter Perley and Mark Weigel from those positions, respectively.
MACK MOLDING CO. - The injection molder in Arlington, Vt., named Wanda Knowles quality and information systems director for its northern operations.
NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC. - The subsidiary of Tie Tek LLC, a Houston maker of composite railroad ties, named David Collins operations director, John McGarigal engineering director and Dan Brink sales director for its Marshall, Texas, facility.
TEKNOR APEX CO. - The custom PVC compounds maker in Pawtucket, R.I., named Jonathan Riley vice president, responsible for rubber and specialty compounding, and Richard Vega vinyl division sales manager for Latin America. Eduardo de la Garza Lara was named a sales representative for the division in Mexico.
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* BRAMPTON ENGINEERING INC., a maker of blown film equipment in Brampton, Ontario, named Phil Murphree sales manager, based in Wilmington, Del. ... ECKART AMERICA LP, a Cleveland-based maker of metallic and special-effects pigments, named Anthony Ameo Jr. president and Bharat Adhia managing director of cosmetics and personal-care businesses. ... EFC INTERNATIONAL, a fastener supplier in St. Louis, named Erinne Lowery purchasing supervisor and supplier quality manager, and Courtney Lucas quality and compliance specialist. ... ISRA SURFACE VISION, a software maker in Norcross, Ga., named Werner Goeckel president and Brian Heil vice president of sales for its web-inspection division. ... KEYSTONE ANILINE CORP., a producer of dyes and pigments in Chicago, named John Andrews chief executive officer and George Andrews president. Arthur Andrews is retiring as CEO, but will remain chairman. ... TEKNOR COLOR CO., a color concentrates company in Pawtucket, R.I., named Stephen Hartley and Sharyl Reid sales representatives. ... Nylon maker UBE AMERICA INC. in New York named Dwight Luck deputy director of its new Engineering Plastics Division. ... B&H LABELING SYSTEMS, a label maker in Ceres, Calif., named Bill McCann regional sales manager. ... BAERLOCHER GMBH, a chemical company in Unterschleissheim, Germany, announced that Felix Meyer will join the company as chief executive officer in August and Michael Rosenthal will become chairman. ... BATTENFELD GLOUCESTER ENGINEERING CO. INC., an extruder maker in Gloucester, Mass., promoted Tom Fyrer to group product sales manager for the sheet, cast, foam and extrusion coating division. ... Blow molding machinery maker BEKUM AMERICA CORP. of Williamston, Mich., named Steve London engineering director. ... BUFFALO SHRINK WRAP INC., a shrink wrap maker in Clarence, N.Y., named Neil Kratzer sales manager. ... Software maker DTR SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL of Jacksonville, Fla., named Kelly Turner marketing manager. ... Resin supplier EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO. of Kingsport, Tenn., named Brian Kelly distribution channel manager for heavy-gauge sheet. ... PLASTICOLORS INC., a supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions in Ashtabula, Ohio, named Ted Stainbrook technical service representative. ... PLASTICOMP INC., an equipment maker in Winona, Minn., named Patrick Johnson a sales representative for the Southeast. ... SPIREX CORP., an auxiliary equipment maker in Youngstown, Ohio, named Terry McBroom its southeast regional sales manager. ... Chicago-based colorants maker KEYSTONE ANILINE CORP. named Larry Rosen sales manager.
