AOC LLC — The resin supplier in Collierville, Tenn., named Leslie Ann Beck global communication director.
BEMIS CO. INC. — The flexible packaging supplier in Neenah, Wis., named Jerry Krempa vice president and controller, succeeding Stanley Jaffy, who was named vice president of finance.
BUNTING MAGNETICS CO. — The manufacturer of magnetic equipment in Newton, Kan., named Matt Anderson manufacturing engineer and Kenton Stumps a design engineer for its materials-handling products.
CANON USA INC. — Takayoshi Hanagata plans to retire July 31 as: chairman of electronics contract manufacturer, injection molder and mold maker Canon Virginia Inc.; chairman of toner-cartridge recycler Industrial Resource Technologies Inc.; and chairman, president and CEO of biomedical product research firm Canon U.S. Life Science Inc. Canon USA is based in Lake Success, N.Y.
CARDINAL SYSTEMS INC. — The polymer pool panels manufacturer in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., named Debra Haase sales director and David Bradley vice president of project development.
DYMAX CORP. — The adhesives maker in Torrington, Conn., named Gilberto Poinsot territory sales manager for its field sales department.
EVERBANK COMMERCIAL FINANCE INC. — The lender for plastics machinery in Parsippany, N.J., named Curtis Brantl operations and process leader.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — Tobin Marks, the Evanston, Ill.-based university's Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, and professor of materials science and engineering, received the 2011 Dreyfus Prize in chemical sciences, conferred this year in catalysis. The award recognizes exceptional and original research in a selected area of chemistry that has advanced the field in major ways. It includes a monetary prize of $250,000.
PLASTICS PIPE INSTITUTE INC. — The trade association in Irving, Texas, named James Goddard an honorary lifetime member. Goddard recently retired as chief engineer from Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. of Hilliard, Ohio.
TARJAC INC. — The custom finishing firm in Waterloo, N.Y., named Dave Coville operations manager for special projects and Jeff Crawford sales and marketing director.
UNI-BELL PVC PIPE ASSOCIATION — The trade association in Dallas elected new officers, who each serve a two-year term. Neal Gordon, vice president of marketing for JM Eagle, is chairman; Joe Bondi, vice president and general manager of CertainTeed Corp., vice chairman; and Paul Czachor, vice president and general manager of Royal Pipe Systems, treasurer. Veso Sobot, corporate affairs director at Ipex Management Inc., becomes past chair.