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    BUTLER-MACDONALD INC. - The plastics recycler in Indianapolis named Terrence Bradshaw vice president.

    Collins & Aikman Corp. - The Troy, Mich.-based automotive supplier has hired a Ford Motor Co. veteran to run its $1.6 billion plastics unit. Dennis Profitt joins C&A on Jan. 1 as president of plastics and will oversee all manufacturing, tooling, process engineering and quality issues for the unit. He previously managed the $2 billion renovation of Ford's Rouge manufacturing complex and oversaw the automaker's operations in Belgium.

    COMPOSITES ONE LLC - The materials distributor based in Arlington Heights, Ill., named Greg Shymske vice president of marketing.

    DIMCO-GRAY CO. - The Centerville, Ohio, injection molder named Tonyna Ratcliffe inside sales supervisor.

    DOW CHEMICAL CO. - The resin producer in Midland, Mich., named Jim Fitterling business vice president for polyethylene. Also, Geoffery Merszei was named to the board. Merszei is the firm's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

    DURANT PLASTICS AND MANUFACTURING INC. - The injection molder in Durant, Okla., named Ron Jennings quality and process systems manager.

    EXTRUSION DIES INDUSTRIES LLC - The flat-die maker in Chippewa Falls, Wis., named Patrick Meinen sales engineer.

    MACK MOLDING CO. - The injection molder in Arlington, Vt., named Douglas Fish a tool development engineer.

    MASCO CORP. - The maker of building products in Taylor, Mich., named Clay Kiefaber president of its architectural coatings and windows group.

    MOLD-MASTERS LTD. - The hot-runner manufacturer in Georgetown, Ontario, named Mark Appleton marketing communications manager.

    NYPRO MEDICAL PRODUCTS GROUP - The medical unit of injection molder Nypro Inc. in Clinton, Mass., named Thomas Taylor president.

    POLYMER PACKAGING INC. - The flexible packaging maker in North Canton, Ohio, named John Valleroy sales representative and product manager based in Atlanta, Andy Averett imported products director for Greater Phoenix, Sheila Kari regional manager for Chicago and John Dameron regional manager for St. Louis.

    QUANEX CORP. - The manufacturer of engineered materials and components in Kent, Wash., named Paul Warner senior vice president of its building products segment. Warner had been president of Quanex's profile extrusion unit, Mikron Industries Inc.

    ROMARC CORP. - The foam and plastics fabricator in Plumsteadville, Pa., named Janet Maurer vice president of sales and marketing.

    STOPOL INC. - The auction firm in Solon, Ohio, named Don Bonza chief operating officer, Pamela Bell technology director, Steve Billmeier sales manager for the injection molding division, Bryan Kokish marketing director and Patrick Sommers sales representative for the extrusion and rotational molding division.

    Briefly ...

    AMERICAN MAPLAN CORP., an extruder manufacturer in McPherson, Kan., named Charles Szoke product manager for the equipment company's new line of sheet extrusion systems. ... CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES SPECIALTY COMPOUNDING, an engineering resins producer in Millington, Md., named Robert Wick product manager. ... HONEYWELL SPECIALTY MATERIALS, a maker of specialty materials in Morristown, N.J., named Jeremy Steinfink vice president and general manager for Honeywell Performance Products. ... Ren Xu, applications and technical support manager in Asia for Malvern, England-based instrument supplier MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD., was named concurrent professor at the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China. ... OSTERMAN & CO., a resin supplier in Cheshire, Conn., named Joe Boughan senior account manager for its northeast territory. ... RESEARCH INC., a manufacturer of infrared-heating and ultraviolet-light-curing systems in Eden Prairie, Minn., named Mike Mannin Eastern regional sales manager.

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