CERTAINTEED CORP. - The building products profile extruder headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., named Rose Lee vice president of the pipe and plastics group and general manager of the firm's pipe and Form-A-Drain businesses.
CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES - The supplier of color and additive masterbatches in Muttenz, Switzerland, named Wolfgang Schadt to manage its northern Europe operations, Luigi Taglioretti, southern Europe and special markets, and Thomas Bernhardt, Western Europe.
DONNELLY CUSTOM MANUFACTURING CO. - The injection molder in Alexandria, Minn., named Sam Wagner advanced manufacturing director.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLASTICS INDUSTRY COUNCIL - The trade group in Mississauga, Ontario, known as EPIC named Gabriel Mederos coordinator of national communications.
FLAMBEAU INC. - The injection and blow molder in Baraboo, Wis., named Alyce Meyer Southeast sales manager for automotive, industrial and fluid systems accounts.
GREIF INC. - The Delaware, Ohio, blow molder of industrial drums named Ken Andre vice president and chief information officer.
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. - The rotational molder of kayaks in Racine, Wis., named Jervis Perkins chief operating officer and president.
MINIATURE PRECISION COMPONENTS INC. - The injection molder and extruder in Walworth, Wis., named Robert Brooks Delphi account manager, Robert Rome Six Sigma director, Richard Robbins international business manager and Alexandra Warren marketing manager.
PLIANT CORP. - The film and flexible packaging maker in Schaumburg, Ill., named Paul Frantz senior vice president and general manager of the performance films division.
POLY HI SOLIDUR INC. - The shapes maker in Fort Wayne, Ind., announced the retirement of R. Jay Finch as president and Roger Thomas as South Africa managing director. Successors are Mark Yde and Kobus Boshoff, respectively. The firm also named Harold Epps president for the Americas.
POLYURETHANE FOAM ASSOCIATION - Louis Peters, who just retired after 18 years as executive director of the Wayne, N.J.-based trade group, was elected to the PFA Hall of Fame. Robert Luedeka succeeds Peters as president.
ROYAL GROUP TECHNOLOGIES LTD. - The pipe and profile extruder in Woodbridge, Ontario, named Angelo Bitondo president of custom profiles.
SPARTECH CORP. - The producer of engineered thermoplastics, polymeric compounds and molded and profile products in Clayton, Mo., named Donna Loop vice president of human resources, Michael Marcely vice president and corporate controller and Suzanne Riney vice president of environment and quality.
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* CONFORMA CLAD INC., an auxiliary equipment maker in New Albany, Ind., named Kelly McVey director of marketing and new business development. ... ECKART AMERICA LP, a maker of metallic and special-effects products in Louisville, Ky., named John Kruzel sales director for coatings and plastics and Martha Davies technical sales manager. ... MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD., an instrument supplier in Malvern, England, named Stephen Carrington product manager for rheology systems. ... OSTERMAN & CO., a resin supplier in Cheshire, Conn., named Brad Leesman marketing manager for the Prime Polymers Services division. ... TECHMER PM LLC, a compounder in Clinton, Tenn., named Ken Jacobson vice president and general manager of the fibers division.