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    ABSOLUTE HAITIAN CORP. — The injection molding machinery maker in Worcester, Mass., named Nicholas Dearent territory sales manager based in Worcester and David Theberge territory sales manager based in Los Angeles.

    COMMAND MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC. — The contract manufacturer of single-use plastic medical devices in Ormand Beach, Fla., named William King quality assurance and regulatory compliance manager and Chad Tremaroli director of operations.

    COMPOSITES EVOLUTION LTD. — The manufacturer of prepregs for the production of lightweight structures from composite materials in Chesterfield, England, named Scott Macdonald sales manager.

    EUROPEAN MARKETING GROUP B.V. — The content marketing programs developer in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, named Rikke Wivel CEO. Co-founder Greg Farrett is now chairman.

    HAHN GROUP — The industrial automation and robot solutions firm in Rheinböllen, Germany, named Ingo Heuer and Cord Rodenberg managing directors for GeKu Automatisierungssysteme GmbH in Diepenau, Germany. Thorsten Gerling remains CEO and takes on newly formed Hahn Robotics Diepenau GmbH as managing partner.

    JACO MANUFACTURING CO. — The injection molder in Berea, Ohio, named Abigail Kelley sales and marketing manager and Michael Graber quality manager.

    MAROON GROUP LLC — The specialty chemical and resins distributor in Avon, Ohio, has added customer service manager to Karen Beaton's responsibilities.

    NIIGATA MACHINE TECHNO USA INC. — The injection molding machinery maker in Elk Grove Village, Ill., named Dan Selakovic national service manager for its machine tool division.

    NORDSON CORP. — The precision dispensing equipment manufacturer in Westlake, Ohio, named Chang Kim sales manager in South Korea for its BKG equipment systems.

    NOVOLEX — The packaging and foodservice products maker in Hartsville, S.C., named BRS (Vinnie) Raghavan vice president of strategic sourcing for Asia.

    PARKSITE INC. — The building product distributor in Batavia, Ill., named Ed Osterhoudt, building product, and Wasyl Baszta, residential, Parksite 2019 Specialists of the Year.

    PRIMEX PLASTICS CORP. — The custom sheet extruder in Richmond, Ind., named Paul Uphaus director of applications development and technical services, Jim McVicar western regional sales manager and Travis Hopper eastern regional sales manager.

    STRATASYS LTD. — Elchanan Jaglom plans to resign as chairman of the manufacturer of 3D printers and materials in Minneapolis, effecive May 17, 2020, when it will name a successor. Jaglom will remain on the board.

    TEKNI-PLEX INC. — The packaging manufacturer in Wayne, Pa., named Jan Motte head of sales and business development medical products for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Duane Dunn global product manager, advanced extrusions, both positions for Tekni-Plex Medical.

    VALPAK LTD. — The environmental compliance scheme in Telford, England, named Kieran Roche new business director.

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