NEWS OF PEOPLE
PAPER COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC.
John T. "Jack" Hurley has been promoted to sr. v.p. in the Sales and Marketing Div.; he was most recently v.p., marketing. In the Wisconsin Rapids Div., Jay C. Thiessen has been appointed asst. prod. mgr. and Richard L. Kryshak has been promoted to maintenance coordinator. In the Biron Div., James C. Gauss has been named asst. to the division mgr., Donald J. Wachowiak. He will be involved in special project assignments at both divisional and corporate levels; most recently, he served as advisor to the Wisconsin Rapids Div. mgr. and the sr. v.p. of the company.
Albert D. Ciardelli has joined the Paperboard Products Div. as production mgr., cores; and Jeffrey J. Zimmerman has been named core winding shift supervisor.
PAPERTECH CORP.
Robert G. Bower has been named mill mgr. He is responsible for managing all operational aspects of the recycled paperboard machine and for developing new grades.
SMURFIT NEWSPRINT CORP.
Jon E. Melkerson has been promoted to v.p., sales and marketing. He replaces James R. Tisdale, who has retired.
MACMILLAN BLOEDEL
The company has released organizational changes related to the spinoff of its MB Paper Business. The new company, which will be renamed, will be headed by current MB Paper pres. Graham Bender.
In addition, Glenn Ferguson was appointed sr v.p. and CFO. Alice Laberge was named as sr v.p., finance for MacBlo. Jess Beaman was named v.p., business transformation.
LONGVIEW FIBRE CO.
Marvin M. "Rusty" Smith Jr. has been appointed v.p., purchasing for the company. He had been purchasing mgr. since 1990. Gary D. Lounsbury has been promoted to sales district mgr. for the Twin Falls, Idaho, container plant. Robert D. Daily has been promoted to mgr. of the Longview, Wash., container plant; he replaces John Womack, who retires after 38 years in the industry. In the Western Container Div., Ken D. Gettman is now v.p., sales, West Coast region and David M. DalSoglio is v.p., sales, Intermountain region.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
In the Fine Paper Div., Margaret McDonald has been named product mgr., Beckett Papers. Hans M. Bjorkman has been named product mgr. for Hammermill Writing, Text & Cover Papers, while Amy Cole has been named product supervisor of that same division.
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.
Stephen E. Macadam has been named sr. v.p., containerboard and packaging. In addition, the company named six other vice presidents. Macadam, previously a principal in the Charlotte, N.C., office of McKinsey & Company, will have management responsibility for G-P's containerboard and packaging businesses, except for containerboard manufacturing.
Ronald L. Paul, exec. v.p., wood products, has assumed responsibility for the company's building products distribution division and has been named exec. v.p., wood products and distribution. George MacConnell, sr. v.p., distribution and millwork, has resigned effective immediately.
ENCORE PAPER CO.
Scott Milburn has been named to the position of mgr. of group and national accounts. This is Milburn's second promotion in 1997; previously, he was territory sales mgr. for the southern region.
GILMAN PAPER CO.
James Yockey has been appointed v.p., national accounts/Southern region sales mgr. and Paul Blackman has been appointed v.p., asst. sales mgr.
SUPPLIER COMPANIES
BELOIT CORP.
Mark E. Readinger has been named pres. of Beloit Corp. Formerly pres. of Joy Mining Machinery, Readinger replaces Tom Engelsman, who has left the company. Alton L. Daffin has been named sr. v.p., finance and control; and Bengt Sjögren has been appointed exec. v.p., MillPro services.
COOLEY INC.
George Fay has been elected pres. of the Cooley Group companies, headquartered in Pawtucket, R.I. He joins the company from Oakite Products of Berkeley Heights, N.J., where he served as pres.
CHRISTIAN DALLOZ
Roger Gehring has been promoted to worldwide COO of Christian Dalloz. Joe Reimer has been appointed pres., Dalloz Fall Protection.
ABB INC.
William A. Kitchen has been named pres. of ABB C-E Services Inc. In this new position, Kitchen will be responsible for ABB's boiler services activities worldwide.
FMC CORP.
Victor L. Brown has been appointed dir., sales and distribution, Chemical Products Group.
PROJECT SOFTWARE & DEVELOPMENT INC.
Norman E. Drapeau Jr., the company's exec. v.p. and newly named COO, has been elected to the board of directors. He replaces Michael Marvin, chairman of MapInfo Corp., who had resigned from the board and was recently appointed CEO of Interactive Learning International Corp.
NELES CONTROLS OY
In an effort to focus more on control and automated valves and advanced control solutions, the former Neles Jamesbury Group was renamed Neles Controls Group and restructured into two business divisions with global operations, and one company with operations in North America. Rainer Korko has been appointed pres. of Neles Controls' Pulp & Paper Div. Matti Kahkonen has been named pres. of the Process & Energy Div.
NASH ENGINEERING
The board of directors has elected Dennis Campbell to succeed the recently retired pres. and CEO, John Kubovic. Campbell was previously exec. v.p., Sikorsky Aircraft.
ENGELHARD CORP.
Tom Krieg has been named v.p., worldwide sales and Ray Downey has been named dir., European sales, in the company's newly formed Paper Pigments and Additives Enterprise. Jan Jeffries has been named dir., marketing, and Bill Goble has been named dir., product management for the same division.
LANDEGGER INDUSTRIES
Effective Jan. 5, 1998, Richard G. Pignataro has been named pres. and CEO of the company, parent of The
Black Clawson Co. and United Container Machinery Inc. Pignataro most recently served as exec. v.p. of Eastman
Kodak's second-largest division, Kodak Professional.
NSK CORP.
George Habbouche has been promoted to dir. of manufacturing; he is succeeded as dir. of procurement and supplier development by Alan Halperin.
GERHARDT'S INC.
John H. "Jack" Tribit has joined the company as the New Castle, Del., gen. mgr.
DEC-E-TECH
The company announced that William E. Mortimer has been promoted to v.p., sales and marketing.
MARATHON ENGINEERS/ ARCHITECTS/PLANNERS LLC
Jennifer L. Marvin, P.E. was recently promoted to the position of facilities associate leader. Tatum Smith and Debbie Steines have joined the company as project administrators.
THERMO BLACK CLAWSON INC.
Arnulf Weber has joined the Chemical Pulping Group as regional sales mgr. in Europe.
PERRY MACHINE CORP.
Victor Rosa has been hired as a sales specialist to the company's Pulp & Paper Div. Rosa has years of experience in the industry with both Latin American and domestic contacts.
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS INC. (EMS)
The company has named Tony Kalupa as its new pres. for the Central Region. Based in Milwaukee, Wis., Kalupa will be responsible for both sales and support of EMS products.
HERITAGE INKS INTERNATIONAL
James G.S. Wegemer has been
appointed v.p., corrugated, dir. of national accounts. He will be responsible for the development of enhanced customer focus and national programs within the corrugated industry.
AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS INC.
The company has appointed David J. Pasciolla Jr. to the position of pres. He succeeds John D. "Chip" Rennie, who has resigned.
GAMAJET CLEANING SYSTEMS INC.
Warren F. Geiger has been named v.p., sales for this Malvern, Pa.-based company.
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS
Dave Golon has joined the Protective Relay and Integrated Systems group as mgr., automation and control systems. He is responsible for managing the newly acquired Kearney Active Controls group out of Richardson, Texas.
NEPTUNE CHEMICAL PUMP CO.
The company has named Fred Porter to the position of operations mgr.
ADHESIVES RESEARCH INC.
Colm Maguire has been named operations mgr. of Adhesives Research Ireland Ltd., located in Limerick, Ireland, a subsidiary of this Glen Rock, Pa.-based company. Maguire has worked in the adhesive tape business for six years.
GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC.
Vito N. Galante, P.E. has been named dir. of solid waste services. He was formerly group v.p., environmental management with Waste Management Inc.
ASSOCIATIONS
CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PAPER INDUSTRIES (CEPI)
Marie Schrewelius Arwidson has been named the new dir. general of CEPI; she is currently v.p., international of the Swedish Forest Industries Assn., Skogsindustrierna. She has worked on international forestry and paper industry issues for 20 years.
AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSN.
Sarah M. Hildebrand has been promoted to v.p. for congressional affairs and Kris Kiser to v.p. for state affairs. Two directors of federal relations were added to the federal affairs roster.
PULP & PAPER RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF CANADA (PAPRICAN)
Two scientists from Paprican, Keith B. Miles and W. Donald May, have been awarded the Marcus Wallenberg Prize for their groundbreaking research into woodchip refining. The prize was established in 1980 by Stora.
OBITUARIES
HERCULES INC.
Stephen A. Walkden of the Paper Technology Div. died Dec. 11 in Wilmington, Del. He was the market development mgr. for Brazil/Asia Pacific. Walkden had been with the company for 21 years, first joining with A.C. Hatrick in Australia. He was well-known and respected for his contributions to alkaline sizing and wet-end papermaking; he held a U.S. patent for pulp sizing.
THERMO BLACK CLAWSON INC.
Donald F. Lehman, 74, of Middletown, Ohio, died on Jan. 8 after a long illness. Lehman worked for the Black Clawson Co.'s Shartle Div. (now Thermo Black Clawson) from 1953 until his retirement in 1988. Most noted for his contribution to the development of contoured screen plates for pressure screens, Lehman held a number of patents for his invention in the stock preparation area for the pulp and paper industry. The Black Clawson Lehman cylinder allowed screens to run at higher consistencies and capacities with lowered fractionation tendencies.
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