ACS GROUP — The auxiliary equipment maker in New Berlin, Wis., named Mike Tuchalski Midwest regional sales manager for central United States.
AGY HOLDING CORP. — The producer of glass-fiber yarns reinforcements in Aiken, S.C., named Al Ridilla CEO and president. Ridilla most recently served as CEO and president at Parkway Products LLC.
CHARTER NEXT GENERATION INC. — The film manufacturer in Milton, Wis., elected Michael Okoroafor, of McCormick & Co. Inc., and Jeff Wooster, retired from Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, as independent members to its board.
COSMO FILMS LTD. — The biaxially oriented polypropylene film manufacturer in New Delhi named Justin Glass president, North America.
CURBELL PLASTICS — The distributor of sheet, rod, tube, adhesives and sealants in Orchard Park, N.Y., named Michael Hall territory sales manager and Lisa Percival inside sales lead.
CUSTOM PROFILE — The profile extruder in Grand Rapids, Mich., named Dan Bardgett vice president of sales and marketing.
DAVIS-STANDARD LLC — The extrusion systems manufacturer in Pawcatuck, Conn., named Mike Brown vice president of operations GTA for its Toronto-based subsidiaries.
DUPONT CO. — Dawn Root, global specifications manager at the Wilmington, Del.-based resin supplier's mobility and materials division, received the Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow from ASTM International for her foundational mentorship, rigorous committee stewardship and tenacious willingness to share her industry expertise on plastics.
EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS E.V. — The trade association in Berlin named Stefan Barot of BIOTEC Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. chairman, along with vice chairpersons Lars Börger of Neste Germany GmbH and Mariagiovanna Vetere of NatureWorks LLC.
KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH — The machinery manufacturer in Munich named Lizette Ruiz Guevara head of corporate communications and marketing.
MILLWOOD INC. — The pallet supplier in Vienna, Ohio, named Tom Paskert chief financial officer and executive vice president.
OMV TECHNOLOGIES LLC — The manufacturer of thermoforming machines, molds and inline extrusion equipment in Royal Palm Beach, Fla., named Matthew Banach vice president of sales and marketing.
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION — Ashley Hood-Morley has rejoined the Washington-based trade association as vice president of industry engagement.
PRITZKER PRIVATE CAPITAL — The plastics investor in Chicago named Anish Sharan head of digital transformation and Tim Giulianelli vice president of automation.
PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES INC. — The solvent-based polypropylene recycler in Orlando, Fla., named Dustin Olson CEO, succeeding Mike Otworth, effective Aug. 5.
R.D. ABBOTT CO. INC. — The supplier and stocking distributor of materials used in rubber compounding and fabrication in Garden Grove, Calif., named Sean Djuricic account manager for outside sales.
SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS — The professional society in Danbury, Conn., named Ed Probst of Probst Plastics Consulting LLC the new chair for its thermoforming division.
SPARTECH LLC — The manufacturer of packaging, rollstock materials, specialty products, and visual and structural sheet in Maryland Heights, Mo., named Danny Puran operations and technology manager, Polycast, Stamford, Conn., location; Jason Thomas plant manager in Greenville, Ohio; and Todd Chastain converting operations manager in Crawfordsville, Ind.
TRELLEBORG HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL — The engineering group in St. Louis Park, Minn., named Jason Green engineering manager for its Paso Robles, Calif., facility and named Zach Worthington operations excellence manager..
TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP. — The manufacturer of food storage products in Orlando, Fla., named Jim Van Ingen supply chain executive vice president. Van Ingen most recently served as president of the automotive powertrain components business at Novares Group.
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — The Akron, Ohio, university named Ali Dhinojwala its W. Gerald Austen Endowed Chair in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering.
UPONOR INC. — The pipe extruder in Apple Valley, Minn., named Andres Caballero president of its building solutions North America division.
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CYCLYX INTERNATIONAL LLC, a post-use plastic feedstock management company in Portsmouth, N.H., announced Union Pacific Railroad as a member, and Jacqueline Bendon, vice president of industrial, marketing and sales at Union Pacific Corp., joins the Cyclyx executive advisory board. ... IPOINT-SYSTEMS GMBH, a product compliance and sustainability software company in Reutlingen, Germany, named Peter Schmidt CEO.