ABSOLUTE MACHINERY CORP. — The Worcester, Mass.-based distributor of auxiliary equipment for Schaumburg, Ill.-based AEC Inc., named Gary Gassman a sales representative.
D&F CORP. — The tooling maker in Sterling Heights, Mich., named Bill Sparrow a sale representative.
INCOE CORP. USA — The hot-runner maker in Troy, Mich., named Gunnar Gramatzki general manager of its European business unit in Rödermark, Germany.
NATIONAL FENESTRATION RATING COUNCIL — The nonprofit rating group in Greenbelt, Md., named Toni Stroud product certification program associate and Sherri Wendt certification associate.
NDC INFRARED ENGINEERING INC. — The supplier of sensors and measurement equipment in Irwindale, Calif., named Craig Wolf system sales manager for North America.
SARTOMER CO. INC. — The specialty chemicals manufacturer based in Exton, Pa., named Jeremy Austin market development engineer.
SPIROFLOW SYSTEMS INC. — The maker of materials-handling equipment in Charlotte, N.C., named Mathias Lee vice president of sales.
TECHMER LEHVOSS COMPOUNDS LLC — The producer of high-performance, engineering compounds in Clinton, Tenn., named Thomas Drye managing director.
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — The Akron, Ohio, university named Alamgir Karim its Goodyear Chair in Polymer Engineering in its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. The physicist and nanotechnology expert begins his endowed professorship in November, coming from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
WITTMANN BATTENFELD INC. — The equipment maker in Torrington, Conn., named David Purcell a regional manager for its injection molding division and Joseph Fitzgerald materials-handling regional manager. Fitzgerald will be based out of the company's Chicago technical center.