Obituaries
Paul Oreffice's leadership of Dow led to a mixture of overviews following his death Dec. 26, with a headline in calling him "combative" to a remembrance of him as finding time to help others from the stepson of another former Dow executive.
Adell Corp. founder and CEO Arthur Dellheim died at age 97 on Sept. 27.
Chris Young, sales manager of the outdoor living products division for Fombell, Pa.-based Veka Inc., died Sept. 20 after a nine-month battle with cancer.
Helmut Bacher, co-founder of Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer Erema Group and former managing partner, died Sept. 20 at the age of 81.
Heinz Zahoransky, managing director of molds and automation systems manufacturer Zahoransky Group and the son of the company founder, died in July, in Freiburg, Germany. He was 95.
Erwin Bürkle held management positions at KraussMaffei for more than 48 years and was considered a pioneer and innovator in the plastics industry.
Robert Schad, the founder of Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. and a member of the Plastics Hall of Fame, died July 11. He was 95.
William Pickard, a pioneering Black entrepreneur whose holdings included injection molding and blow molding suppliers to the auto industry, died June 12 at the age of 83 at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., his family said in a statement.
John Farber, founder of ICC Industries and Primex Plastics Corp., died earlier this year at age 98.
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