Skip to main content
Sister Publication Links
  • Sustainable Plastics
  • Plastics News China
  • Rubber & Plastics News
logo-pn-color
Subscribe
  • Login
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • News
    • Processor News
    • Suppliers
    • More News
    • End Markets
    • FYI Charts
    • LSR World
    • Multimedia
    • NPE2021
    • K Show
    • Special Reports
    • Top materials of injection molders
      Recycled PET use by product category
      US PET, flexible packaging desintations
      Global fluropolymers additives market: CAGR
    • NPE exhibitors question handling of deposits for canceled trade show
      Exhibitors back NPE cancellation: ‘We couldn't take that risk'
      NPE2021 canceled as in-person event
      NPE reviews its options as pandemic prompts exhibitor to exit
    • Injection Molding
    • Blow Molding
    • Film & Sheet
    • Pipe/Profile/Tubing
    • Rotomolding
    • Thermoforming
    • Recycling
    • Machinery
    • Materials
    • Molds/Tooling
    • Product news
    • Design
    • What Keeps You Up At Night
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Sustainability
    • Public Policy
    • Material Insights Videos
    • Numbers that Matter
    • Polymer Points Live
    • Automotive
    • Packaging
    • Medical
    • Consumer Products
    • Construction
    • Videos
    • Galleries
    • Podcasts
    • CEO Issue
    • Best Places to Work
    • Processor of the Year
    • Rising Stars
    • Women Breaking the Mold
  • Opinion
    • The Plastics Blog
    • Kickstart
    • Heavy Metal
    • One Good Resin
    • BRICS and Plastics
    • All Things Data
    • Viewpoint
    • From Pillar to Post
    • Perspective
    • Mailbag
    • Perspective: Making the best of working from home
      Nypro's Gordon Lankton left the plastics industry a better place
      Recognizing Plastek Industries for all-around excellence
      Let's look forward, rather than back, to mark COVID anniversary
    • Kickstart: Plastics ready to take flight on Mars
      Kickstart: Let's hear it for leftovers
      Kickstart: Big data, big bowls and consumer packaging
      Kickstart: A vexing vaccination question
    • Heavy Metal: Coronavirus edition, plus the work of working from home
      Don't put off succession planning
      What's a good gift for your cobot? Batteries?
      Here's some big ideas to mull over the holidays
    • PE resin trends highlighted in Shell report
      Dow's Lowry honored by World Economic Forum for sustainability work
      Africa impacts new colors from Ampacet
      Plaskolite marches into madness with its own online bracket
    • Climate debate in Washington increasingly includes plastic
      There was no choice but canceling NPE still a big deal
      The business case for producer responsibility
      Think divided government stalls plastics legislation? Think again
    • Want prices? Introducing historical resin pricing, now available in a downloadable form
      A new annual ranking: Top processor gains
      Thermoformers: Would you believe a 12 percent gain?
      Just how big is thermoforming in North America?
    • Working from home: Rugrats edition
      Nypro's Gordon Lankton left the plastics industry a better place
      Let's look forward, rather than back, to mark COVID anniversary
      Virtual pitfalls derail exhibits for builders' trade show
    • PEX pipe maker Uponor donates $30,000 for Texas storm relief
      Virtual pitfalls derail exhibits for builders' trade show
      PPI puts $200 bounty on exhumed HDPE conduit
      Raise the roof: Housing starts hit a 12-year high
    • Perspective: Making the best of working from home
      Perspective: The Materials Wars: Is plastic actually better?
      Perspective: Plastics manufacturers — a surprising contribution to sustainability
      Plastics industry business owners: Listen to your future workforce
    • Mailbag: Additional fees for electric vehicles ‘unfortunate'
      Mailbag: Where's the plastics industry's response to critics?
      Mailbag: Manufacturers struggling to follow COVID-19 safety rules
      Modernizing recycling infrastructure will benefit businesses as well as the environment
  • Shop Floor
    • Blending
    • Compounding
    • Drying
    • Injection Molding
    • Purging
    • Robotics
    • Size Reduction
    • Structural Foam
    • Tooling
    • Training
    • Maintenance can ensure efficient blender operation
      Dosing: Perfect for adding color
      Blending vs dosing: What you need to know
      Going low or high: Comparing volume
    • Colors and custom compounds
      In the laboratory: Compounding solutions
      Recycling content: Resins going ‘green’
      Compounding: Glass and other fillers
    • Dryer maintenance: Don’t err with air
      Dryers: Options for a shop’s process
      Dryer installation: Going central?
      Resins: Hygroscopic or non-hygroscopic
    • Electric injection molding presses: Efficiency is key
      Hydraulic injection molding machines
      Proper maintenance can prevent downtime
      Hybrid injection molding machines
    • Purging Hot runners: Open or closed methods
      Purging extrusion machinery
      Purging extrusion blow molding machines
      Purging: Chemical, abrasive and non-abrasive
    • Controls, special applications boost production, profitability
      Robot maintenance key for smooth operation
      High-speed robots: A rapid way to increase efficiency
      Robots: Every shape and size
    • Maintenance: Key for efficiency
      Shredders: Plastic in pieces
      Safety first for size reduction
      Granulators: The right fit
    • Video: Structural foam molding
      Structural foam molding: Flexibility for processors
    • Mold inventory: How many molds does a shop have?
      Molds: Innovation
      Mold changeover: Saving time and money
      How molds work
    • Labor: Apprenticeships may provide answer
      Internships: Solving the skills gap in-house
      College training, programs
      Lean Six Sigma: Transforming business operation
  • Events
    • Plastics News Events
    • Industry Events
    • Livestreams/Webinars
    • Ask the Expert
    • Polymer Points Live
    • Reifenhäuser Technologies Livestreams
    • 2020 Caps & Closures Library
    • Plastics in Healthcare Library
    • Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum Library
    • Polymer Points Live - April 2021
      Polymer Points Live - February 2021
      Polymer Points Live - January 2021
      Polymer Points Live - December 2020
    • Plastics in Healthcare 2020
    • Plastics News Executive Forum
    • Plastics in Automotive
    • Plastics News Caps & Closures
    • Plastics in Healthcare
    • Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum
  • Resin Prices
    • All Resins
    • Commodity TPs
    • High Temp TPs
    • ETPs
    • Thermosets
    • Recycled Plastics
    • Historic Commodity Thermoplastics
    • Historic High Temp Thermoplastics
    • Historic Engineering Thermoplastics
    • Historic Thermosets
    • Historic Recycled Plastics
  • Rankings
    • Injection Molders
    • Blow Molders
    • Film Sheet
    • Thermoformers
    • Pipe Profile Tubing
    • Rotomolders
    • Mold/Toolmakers
    • LSR Processors
    • Recyclers
    • Compounders - List
    • Association - List
    • Plastic Lumber - List
    • All
  • Data Store
  • Directory
  • More+
    • Classifieds
    • Digital Edition
    • Newsletters
    • Sponsored Content
    • KraussMaffei Sponsored Content
    • ENGEL Sponsored Content
    • White Papers
    • Processor of the Year submissions
    • Sponsored By Bandera
      Bandera US was born for the North American market
      Sponsored By Ensign Equipment
      Filling systems customized for any process or budget need
      KraussMaffei
      Sponsored By KraussMaffei
      KraussMaffei retools in US with investment from parent ownership
      Sponsored By Mitsubishi
      Innovative new technology from Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation helps reduce emission footprints
    • KraussMaffei
      Sponsored By KraussMaffei
      KraussMaffei Retools in US with investment from Parent Ownership
    • Sponsored By ENGEL Machinery
      Tailored maintenance for injection molding machines and robots
      Sponsored By ENGEL Machinery
      Improve maintenance efficiency with e-connect.monitor
      Sponsored By ENGEL Machinery
      Maximum precision for lowest shot weights
      Sponsored By ENGEL Machinery
      Even more cost effectiveness for small precision parts
    • Shell Polymer
      Sponsored By Shell Polymers
      Food and beverage trends impacting the polymer industry
      Sponsored By Conexiom
      Use Sales Order Automation to free up time for CSRs to focus on customers, not manual entry
    • Place an Ad
    • Sign up for Early Classified
MENU
Breadcrumb
  1. Home
  2. News
December 13, 2004 01:00 AM

People Watch

  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Share
  • Email
  • More
    Print

    ABCD PLASTICS LTD. - The vacuum former and polyurethane molder in Oldbury, England, named Paul Tulloch business development manager.

    AMCOR LTD. - The packaging producer in Melbourne, Australia, named Bas Pije sales director of the PET division's research and development center in Brecht, Belgium.

    CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES - The Muttenz, Switzerland, supplier of color and additive masterbatches, announced changes in operations in North America. The company named Steve Snow senior vice president, Jim Brinks and Bill Crawford will manage the western and eastern United States, respectively, and Dragos Gavriluta will manage Canada.

    FLAMBEAU INC. - The injection and blow molder in Baraboo, Wis., promoted Rich Rodriguez to sales manager for the automotive group and assigned him the Auburn Hills, Mich., sales and engineering office.

    GI PLASTEK - The Newburyport, Mass., injection molder named Lee Falgoust director of sales and marketing.

    KELLER AND HECKMAN LLP - The Washington law firm named John Eldred to head its new office in Shanghai, China.

    MACK MOLDING CO. - The injection molder in Arlington, Vt., named Harry Gutheil finance director. The firm also named Richard Van Lint materials manager for its plant in Cavendish, Vt.

    OWENS-ILLINOIS INC. - The packaging firm in Toledo, Ohio, named Philip Rubin vice president of global integration and transformation, and Carol Gee chief communications officer.

    PACKAGING AND INDUSTRIAL FILMS ASSOCIATION - Jim Pugh retired as chief executive officer of the Nottingham, England-based trade group and was replaced by David Tyson, marketing director of Amcor Flexibles of Barnwood, England.

    PAULSON TRAINING PROGRAMS INC. - Obinion Corp., led by President Arnold Vermeijden in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was named European representative for the training services company in Chester, Conn.

    PLASTICSEUROPE - The Brussels, Belgium-based polymer trade group, formerly the Association of Polymer Manufacturers in Europe, named several directors: Jan-Erik Johansson, northern region; Antonio Limones, Spain and Portugal; Peter Orth, central region; Alain Chapelle, western region; and Giuseppe Riva, Mediterranean region.

    RJG INC. - The Traverse City, Mich., training and software supplier to injection molders promoted Ken Fassett to global sales manager, and named Scott Van Hoven national sales manager and Steve Zenner regional sales manager.

    VICTORY PLASTICS INTERNATIONAL - The film extruder in Haverhill, Mass., named Paul Kolis vice president of operations and technology.

    WAVIN PLASTICS LTD. - The pipe maker in Chippenham, England, named Calum Forsyth managing director.

    Briefly ...

    * BASF CORP., a chemical and resin supplier in Mount Olive, N.J., named Gregory Masica manufacturing director for its engineering plastics business in Wyandotte, Mich. Also, Executive Vice President Frank McKulka received the National Paint & Coatings Association's Heckel award, which recognizes individual contributions to advancing industry goals. ... BASF AG, a chemical and resin supplier in Ludwigshafen, Germany, named Michael Vassiliadis to the supervisory board, succeeding Jurgen Walter, who retired. ... BLACK CLAWSON CONVERTING MACHINERY INC., a web converting equipment maker in Fulton, N.Y., named Keon Wild vice president of product safety, succeeding Alex Smart, who retired. ... BUSCH INC., a Virginia Beach, Va.-based maker of vacuum pumps and systems for the meat-packaging and food-processing industries, named Charles Kane president. ... Rory Wolf, vice president of business development for Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based packaging equipment supplier ENERCON INDUSTRIES CORP., received the 2004 TAPPI Place division leadership and service award and the Andreas G. Ahlbrandt prize, given for diligent work for the conversters technical group or division committees. ... EPOCH COMPOSITE PRODUCTS INC., a decking maker in Lamar, Mo., named Michael O'Dell western region manager. ... MILACRON INC., a primary equipment maker in Cincinnati, named Sallie Bailey a director. Bailey is senior vice president of finance and controller at Timken Co. in Canton, Ohio. ... PAULSON TRAINING PROGRAMS INC., a training services company in Chester, Conn., named Christine Cross vice president. ... REPSOL YPF, a petrochemcials group in Madrid, Spain, named Antonio Brufau chairman, replacing Alfonso Cortina, who stepped down. ... SHUTTLEWORTH INC., a conveyor maker in Huntington, Ind., promoted Breton Ranc to vice president of technical operations. ... TICONA, the Kelsterbach, Germany-based engineering polymers business of Frank- furt, Germany-based Celanese AG, named Michael Oberste-Wilms European sales manager. ... VORIDIAN, the Zug, Switzerland, polyethylene and PET division of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman Chemical Co., named Stephen Short European sales director for the polymer business group. ... WESTCHESTER PLASTICS, a compounder in Wapakoneta, Ohio, named Ron Gasior plant manager. ... CYCLICS CORP., a resin maker in Schenectady, N.Y., named Barry Aubrey account manager for rotomolding. ... DAK AMERICAS LLC, a resin supplier in Charlotte, N.C., named Kevin Harrison technical marketing representative. ... ENTHONE INC., a specialty chemicals supplier in West Haven, Conn., named Huub van Dun president. Enthone is a business of Cookson Electronics Group. ... GUILL TOOL & ENGINEERING CO. INC., an extrusion tooling maker in West Warwick, R.I., named Hunter Kissam sales account executive for the mid-Atlantic region. ... JACO PRODUCTS CO., an injection molder in Cleveland, named William Carter outside sales representative. ... MASCO CORP., a maker of building products in Taylor, Mich., named Dennis Archer, chairman of Dickinson Wright PLLC, to the board as a director. ... PLASTIC SOLUTIONS INC., an injection molder in South Bend, Ind., named Thomas Crose sales associate for the Conn., R.I., and Maine territories.

    Letter
    to the
    Editor

    Do you have an opinion about this story? Do you have some thoughts you'd like to share with our readers? Plastics News would love to hear from you. Email your letter to Editor at [email protected]

    Get our newsletters

    Staying current is easy with Plastics News delivered straight to your inbox, free of charge.

    Subscribe today

    Subscribe to Plastics News

    Subscribe now
    Connect with Us
    • LinkedIn
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram

    Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry. We report news, gather data and deliver timely information that provides our readers with a competitive advantage.

    logo-pn-color
    Contact Us

    1155 Gratiot Avenue
    Detroit MI 48207-2997

    Customer Service:
    877-320-1723

    Resources
    • About
    • Staff
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Media Kit
    • Data Store
    • Digital Edition
    • Custom Content
    • People
    • Contact
    • Careers
    • Sitemap
    Related Crain Publications
    • Sustainable Plastics
    • Rubber & Plastics News
    • Urethanes Technology
    • Plastics News China
    • European Rubber Journal
    • Tire Business
    Legal
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Privacy Request
    Copyright © 1996-2021. Crain Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • News
      • Processor News
        • Injection Molding
        • Blow Molding
        • Film & Sheet
        • Pipe/Profile/Tubing
        • Rotomolding
        • Thermoforming
        • Recycling
      • Suppliers
        • Machinery
        • Materials
        • Molds/Tooling
        • Product news
        • Design
      • More News
        • What Keeps You Up At Night
        • Mergers & Acquisitions
        • Sustainability
        • Public Policy
        • Material Insights Videos
        • Numbers that Matter
        • Polymer Points Live
      • End Markets
        • Automotive
        • Packaging
        • Medical
        • Consumer Products
        • Construction
      • FYI Charts
        • Current FYI
      • LSR World
      • Multimedia
        • Videos
        • Galleries
        • Podcasts
      • NPE2021
      • K Show
      • Special Reports
        • CEO Issue
        • Best Places to Work
        • Processor of the Year
        • Rising Stars
        • Women Breaking the Mold
    • Opinion
      • The Plastics Blog
      • Kickstart
      • Heavy Metal
      • One Good Resin
      • BRICS and Plastics
      • All Things Data
      • Viewpoint
      • From Pillar to Post
      • Perspective
      • Mailbag
    • Shop Floor
      • Blending
      • Compounding
      • Drying
      • Injection Molding
      • Purging
      • Robotics
      • Size Reduction
      • Structural Foam
      • Tooling
      • Training
    • Events
      • Plastics News Events
        • Plastics News Executive Forum
        • Plastics in Automotive
        • Plastics News Caps & Closures
        • Plastics in Healthcare
        • Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum
      • Industry Events
      • Livestreams/Webinars
      • Ask the Expert
      • Polymer Points Live
      • Reifenhäuser Technologies Livestreams
      • 2020 Caps & Closures Library
      • Plastics in Healthcare Library
      • Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum Library
    • Resin Prices
      • All Resins
      • Commodity TPs
        • Historic Commodity Thermoplastics
      • High Temp TPs
        • Historic High Temp Thermoplastics
      • ETPs
        • Historic Engineering Thermoplastics
      • Thermosets
        • Historic Thermosets
      • Recycled Plastics
        • Historic Recycled Plastics
    • Rankings
      • Injection Molders
      • Blow Molders
      • Film Sheet
      • Thermoformers
      • Pipe Profile Tubing
      • Rotomolders
      • Mold/Toolmakers
      • LSR Processors
      • Recyclers
      • Compounders - List
      • Association - List
      • Plastic Lumber - List
      • All
    • Data Store
    • Directory
    • More+
      • Classifieds
        • Place an Ad
        • Sign up for Early Classified
      • Digital Edition
      • Newsletters
      • Sponsored Content
      • KraussMaffei Sponsored Content
      • ENGEL Sponsored Content
      • White Papers
      • Processor of the Year submissions