ARKEMA INC. - The polymer producer in Philadelphia named George Cornelius chief executive officer and president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Seeuws, who retired at the end of 2004.
CURBELL PLASTICS - The distributor of sheet, rod, tube, adhesives and sealants in Orchard Park, N.Y., named Harold Scott business manager of its new unit for its expanded graphic display and industrial film product line. David Bauld was named product and market manager for the film business.
CYRO INDUSTRIES - The Rockaway, N.J., acrylic sheet maker named Stephen Costanzo national sheet sales manager and Joseph Dubinski sheet business manager. Steven Vaccaro, currently sheet marketing manger, also will direct sign sales and market development.
DELUXE PLASTICS INC. - The injection molder and mold manufacturer based in Clintonville, Wis., named Charles Orth general manager.
FENTON, WEBER & JONES PACKAGING INC. - The packaging designer in Getzville, N.Y., named Paul Liptak vice president of operations and Olga Tschernenko vice president of administration and finance.
ISO POLY FILMS INC. - The custom film manufacturer headquartered in Gray Court, S.C., named Dale Brockman president.
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS INC. - The Sterling Heights, Mich., injection molder named Jason Luo chief operating officer and president, Dave Smith senior vice president and chief financial officer, Ron Feldeisen senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Greg Heald COO and president-North America and Mark Wehner COO and president-Europe.
PLYMOUTH FOAM INC. - The manufacturer of cellular foam products in Plymouth, Wis., named three sales division managers: Bret Blau, SafeGuard; George Palmer, original equipment manufacturers; and Tim Snider, DuraSpec wholesale building products.
POLYMER CONVERSIONS INC. - The injection molder in Orchard Park, N.Y., named John Welton sales director.
RUSSELL-STANLEY HOLDINGS INC. - The blow molder of drums in Bridgewater, N.J., named Ronald Litchkowski chief executive officer and president, Larry Cozart chief operating officer and senior vice president, Thomas Moses senior vice president of sales and marketing and Elizabeth Miller vice president of finance and treasurer.
SOCIETY OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY INC. - The Washington-based trade association named Tim Stojka chairman of NPE 2006. Stojka is chief executive officer of Elmhurst, Ill.-based hot-runner supplier Fast Heat Inc.
XALOY INC. - The screw and barrel maker in New Castle, Pa., named Robert Kadykowski corporate development director.
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* CHICAGO MOLD ENGINEERING CO. INC., a mold maker in St. Charles, Ill., named Daniel Darby sales engineer. ... DEMAG PLASTICS GROUP, an injection molding machine maker in Strongsville, Ohio, named Herbert Högemann production director. ... KUKA ROBOTICS CORP., an industrial robot maker in Clinton Township, Mich., named Timothy Arndorfer account manager for the Southwest. ... LUZENAC GROUP, a talc producer in Paris, named Kent Cutler vice president of its new global polymers unit, which has a regional base in Denver. ... Robert Tracy, chief operating officer and vice president of operations for Intek Plastics Inc. of Hastings Minn., was named to the board of MINNESOTA DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES LLC, a nonprofit sheet extruder and converter in Saint Paul, Minn. ... NSL ANALYTICAL SERVICES INC., a chemical analyzer in Cleveland, named Cal Tinsley operations manager. ... REICHHOLD INC., an unsaturated polyester resins maker in Research Triangle Park, N.C., named Robb Walrath a composites sales representative. ... WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., an auxiliary equipment maker in St. Louis, named Franz Fritz European marketing manager. ... Specialty chemicals firm CLARIANT CORP. of Coventry, R.I., named John Clarke regional head of pigments and additives in North America.