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April 02, 2021 10:16 AM

People in Plastics: Week of March 22

Hollee Keller
Editorial Research Coordinator
Plastics News Staff
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    AGILYX CORP. — The chemical recycler in Tigard, Ore., named Shellie Gasaway business development vice president.

    AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS — Carmen Becker, the vice president and general manager of specialty containers for the rigid plastic packaging maker in Ann Arbor, Mich., has been appointed to the International Dairy Foods Association's fluid milk board.

    AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL — The trade group in Washington named Kimberly Wise White vice president of regulatory and technical affairs.

    ARBURG GMBH + CO. KG — The injection molding machine maker in Lossburg, Germany, named Pascal Laborde managing director for Arburg France and Stefan Buchner managing director of AMKmotion GmbH + Co KG.

    CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO. LLC — The resin supplier in The Woodlands, Texas, named Mitch Eichelberger executive vice president of polymers and specialties and Benjamin Mermans sustainability vice president.

    COLORTECH — The manufacturer of color and additive concentrates in Morristown, Tenn., named Joseph Swann and Josh Cisco technical service representatives. Rachael Matthews and Kuntesh Desai were named sales representatives, and Terry Brooks senior sales representative.

    CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS — The lightweight composite materials developer in Auburn Hills, Mich., named Steve Rooney general manager of Teijin Ltd.'s composites business unit.

    CURBELL PLASTICS — The distributor of sheet, rod, tube, adhesives and sealants in Orchard Park, N.Y., named regional sales managers Bill Rummell and AJ Lacey. Sherrie Bloom was named associate director of marketing.

    CYCLYX INTERNATIONAL LLC — The post-use plastic feedstock management company in Portsmouth, N.H., named Rick Cochrane senior vice president, strategy and business development and Lauren Etlinger general counsel.

    DANIMER SCIENTIFIC — The developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials in Bainbridge, Ga., named Brad Rodgers vice president of technology development research and development.

    DAVIS-STANDARD LLC — The extrusion systems manufacturer in Pawcatuck, Conn., named Andrew Alaya vice president of aftermarket sales.

    DELTA TECNIC S.A. — The color concentrates and raw materials producer in Barcelona, Spain, named Lori Parent sales director in the U.S. and Canada. Parent has been included in Plastics News' Women Breaking the Mold.

    DIGIMARC CORP. — The digital identification and detection software maker in Beaverton, Ore., named Tim Price chief revenue officer and Kelly Haggerty chief product officer.

    EMBALLATOR AB — The packaging firm in Phoenix Way, England, named Christian Olsson polymer specialist for its innovation center for packaging solutions in Ljungby, Sweden.

    ENCOMPASS MANUFACTURING — The injection molder in Cookeville, Tenn., named Samantha Sherrell Cross president. Cross has been included in Plastics News' Women Breaking the Mold.

    FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ASSOCIATION — The trade group in Annapolis, Md., elected Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next Generation, as chairman, succeeding Curt Begle.

    GINDUMAC GMBH — The used machinery dealer in Kaiserslautern, Germany, named three to its advisory board: Alexander Eisler of Weiler Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH and Kunzmann Maschinenbau GmbH; Hans Ulrich Golz, member of the executive committee at KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH; and Dominik Benner of the Platform Group GmbH & Co. KG.IMG_GM.jpeg (From left to right Eisler, Andre, Ulrich, Benner, Ruf)

    GRAHAM ENGINEERING CORP. — The equipment manufacturer in York, Pa., named Todd Hudson southeast regional sales manager.

    GRUPO TIGRE — The pipe fittings manufacturer in Janesville, Wis., named Guilherme Bornholdt general manager for Tigre USA.

    HAHN GROUP — The industrial automation and robot solutions firm in Rheinböllen, Germany, named Philipp Unterhalt CEO and Thomas Hähn CEO of the newly founded RSBG Automation & Robotics Technologies GmbH.

    HARWICK STANDARD DISTRIBUTION CORP. — Senior vice president of sales and marketing, Dan Davis, has retired from the chemical supplier in Akron, Ohio,

    IMA SCHELLING GROUP — The plastics machinery provider in Raleigh, N.C., named Florian Kleinschmidt regional sales manager.

    KIEFEL GMBH — The machinery supplier in Freilassing, Germany, named Richard Schmidhofer CFO.

    MACK MOLDING CO. — The injection molder in Arlington, Vt., named Brian Nolan human resources director for its northern division.

    MILLIKEN & CO. — The maker of specialty chemicals and plastic additives in Spartanburg, S.C., named Cindy Boiter executive vice president of its chemical division.

    MYERS INDUSTRIES INC. — Yvette Dapremont Bright, president of Brighter Horizon Foundation, and Jeffrey Kramer, CEO of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, have been appointed to the board of the diversified manufacturer in Akron Ohio.

    NORDSON CORP. — The precision dispensing equipment manufacturer in Westlake, Ohio, named Curtis Hatchitt market development manager for pelletizing for Nordson BKG LLC, based in Austin, Texas.

    OTTO KRAHN GMBH & CO. — The custom compounder in Hamburg, Germany, named Axel Sebbesse managing director and chief development officer.

    PRECISION CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC. — The injection molder in DeGraff, Ohio, named Dawn Beelman president and general manager. Beelman has been included in Plastics News' Women Breaking the Mold.

    SACMI IMOLA S.C. — The machinery maker in Imola, Italy, named Mauro Fenzi general manager, succeeding Giulio Mengoli.

    SEPRO GROUP — The automation equipment distributor in La Roche-sur-Yon, France, named Jimmy Teo regional sales manager for its sales operation in Singapore.

    SK CAPITAL PARTNERS LP — The private investment firm in New York named Daniele Ferrari senior director.

    SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS — John Headrick, executive vice president of engineering at Coast Systems, was appointed chairman of the professional society in Danbury, Conn.

    SPARTECH LLC — The manufacturer of packaging, rollstock materials, specialty products, and visual and structural sheet in Maryland Heights, Mo., named Jeff Freeman plant manager at its facility in McMinnville, Ore.

    TANDEM GROUP INC. — The manufacturers representative firm in Greendale, Wis., named Payton Rushing inside sales specialist.

    TEKNI-PLEX INC. — The packaging manufacturer in Wayne, Pa., named Brenda Chamulak CEO and president effective June 30, succeeding Paul Young, who will become chairman.

    TREXEL INC. — The developer of the MuCell microcellular foaming process in Wilmington, Mass., named Roger Kaufmann business development director, replacing Hartmut Traut, who has retired.

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