NEWS OF PEOPLE
TEMPLE-INLAND INC.
The board of directors has elected Kenneth M. Jastrow II pres., COO, and a dir. of the company.
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES INC.
The company plans to promote Duane C. McDougall to the position of pres. and COO at the next board meeting on April 21. McDougall is currently exec. v.p. of the company’ Building Materials Group.
ST. JOE CORP.
The company has promoted Charles Ledsinger to pres. and CEO from his post of CFO, which Ledsinger has held since April 1997. St. Joe has launched its search for a new CFO.
STORA GROUP
The company announced that chairman Bo Berggren has stepped down. Berggren resigned at Stora’ annual meeting on March 12, after recent controversy surrounding management conditions at the company. Claes Dahlback will succeed Berggren as chairman, if elected, and will take over in March 1999.
UPM-KYMMENE INC.
The company’ pres. and CEO, Raimo E. Waltasaari, will leave the company at the end of the year. Waltasaari has held these posts since 1982. Bengt Sjoblom has been picked as his successor. He is currently v.p., marketing of UPM-Kymmene Magazine in Helsinki.
SAPPI LTD.
South African Sappi Ltd. has appointed Klaas de Kluis and Wolfgang Pfarl to be dirs. of Sappi Ltd. De Kluis is chairman of the executive board of KNP BT and Pfarl is the recently appointed chief executive of the fine paper operations of Sappi in Europe.
AHLSTROM CORP.
Juha Rantanen M.Sc. assumed the responsibilities of pres. and CEO of the corporation on Feb. 1. He joined the company as exec. v.p. in Nov. 1997. Krister Ahlströ will become vice chairman of the board; he had been the CEO of the company since 1982.
FELIX SCHOELLER LTD.
A.I. Woodward has been appointed managing dir. of the Specialty Papers Div. He has worldwide responsibility and will be based at the headquarters in Pulaski, N.Y.
CROWN VANTAGE
Frederick T. Dalrymple has been promoted to sr. v.p. for Specialty Papers; he will lead all sales, marketing, manufacturing, and administrative activities.
GULF STATES PAPER CORP.
Sam Johnson has been promoted to v.p., manufacturing for the company’ Demopolis pulp and paperboard mill. Alicia Cramer has been promoted to business services mgr. of the Pulp and Paperboard Div.; she will be based at the company’ headquarters in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
BOISE CASCADE
Bob Strenge has accepted the position of mill mgr. at the company’ pulp and paper mill in St. Helens, Ore. He succeeds Jim Huff, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the year after 32 years of service with the company.
BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
John B. Crowe has been elected v.p., wood cellulose manufacturing.
UNION CAMP CORP.
Kevin Pearce has been promoted to the newly created position of sales mgr. for the Fine Paper Div.
ENCORE PAPER CO.
Joseph F. Raccuia has been named pres./COO of the company; Don Lewis has been promoted to Raccuia’ former post of sr. v.p. of sales and marketing. Raccuia succeeds Harold L. Ellsworth, who continues as chairman/CEO.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Hammermill Writing, Text & Cover Papers of the Fine Paper Div. has named two new regional sales account mgrs.: Esther Jimenez and Suzette Carty. They will be responsible for all sales and promotional activities in the New York/New England and Midwest regions, respectively.
DONOHUE INC.
Robert Chevrier has been appointed to the company’ board of directors. He is chairman, pres., and CEO of Wetburne Inc.
NELES CONTROLS GROUP
The former Neles-Jamesbury Group has been restructured into a company with two business divisions: Neles Controls, with global operations; and Jamesbury, with operations in North America. Dave Johnson has been named pres. of Neles Controls; John Quinlivan has been named pres. of Jamesbury.
THE JOHNSON CORP.
At its annual general meeting of stockholders, the following officers were elected: Tom O. Monroe, chairman emeritus; Bruce B. Monroe, chairman of the board; Jeffrey F. Monroe, vice chairman/exec. v.p. and COO; Rudi A. Leerentveld, pres. and CEO; T.O. Monroe Jr., v.p., international sales and pres. of Johnson Export Corp.; James E. Dechnik, v.p./finance and CFO; Richard P. Pingeton, v.p./IMC sales; Kenneth L. McEnroe, v.p./PTS sales; Michael P. Rose, v.p./Logistics; and Gerald L. Timm, v.p./R&D.
THIELE KAOLIN CO.
This Sandersville, Ga.-based company has named Eric Loyd operations mgr. for the Wisconsin Slurry plant in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
CENTRACOR
This Oshkosh, Wis.-based company has promoted Trista Rahn to account mgr.
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL
The Appleton Wire Div. has appointed Steven Lorbiecki as the new sales/ service rep. for forming fabrics in the upper Midwest. He replaces Ron Oseland, who will retire in 1998; in the meantime, he will serve as a papermaking consultant to the company.
ADHESIVES RESEARCH INC.
Jeff Robertson has been named Northeast regional mgr. for the company’ Splicing Business Unit. John Lind has been appointed v.p./technical dir.
ROTOMEC AMERICA INC.
The North American sales and service rep. for the Valmet Converting Group has named Michael L. Heckaman as sales mgr. for Valmet/MAF flexographic machinery in the North American market.
NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL
Walter F. Schlauch has been appointed COO. Schlauch, 56, joined the company in 1963 as a chemist in resin research.
DEUBLIN CO.
The company announced that its new Asia Pacific sales office, located in Singapore, will be headed by Max Pang, regional sales director.
TELEDYNE FLUID SYSTEMS
Michael A. Gaudiani, pres. of Teledyne Fluid Systems, has also been named pres. of Teledyne Specialty Equipment.
FIBER OPTIONS INC.
Ian Chambers has been appointed exec. v.p. and COO, effective Jan. 26.
O’ & GERE ENGINEERS INC.
The board of directors has elected David G. Van Arnam, P.E., pres. and CEO. Steven J. Roland, P.E., has been elected exec. v.p. and vice chairman of the board. Cornelius B. Murphy Jr., Ph.D., who has served as pres. of the firm since 1993, will assume the duties of chairman of the board and chief scientist within the entire organization.
ECC INTERNATIONAL
The company has appointed David S. Keselica as marketing dir. for its Americas Paper Group. He will be based in the Roswell (Atlanta), Ga., office. Ken Anderson has been named mgr. of recruiting and training systems; he will also work out of Roswell.
FLUENT INC.
This wholly-owned subsidiary of Aavid Thermal Technologies has appointed Dr. Dennis A. Nagy to the position of v.p., marketing and business development. Dr. Nagy has over 20 years’ experience with computer-aided engineering software.
PITTSBURGH ELECTRICAL INSULATION INC.
The company has named T. Hays “” Paul pres. of the company. For nearly a decade, Paul served as gen. mgr. of MagneTek’ Wire, Insulation, and Supply Div.
BABCOCK & WILCOX
Jack Treier has rejoined the company as gen. mgr. and joint managing dir. of Thermax Babcock & Wilcox in Pune, India.
BOISE CASCADE OFFICE PRODUCTS
Peter G. Danis Jr., pres. and CEO, announced that he will retire following the company’ annual meeting on April 21. Danis will continue to serve on BOP’ board of directors. Christopher C. Milliken, sr. v.p., operations, has been elected to succeed Danis as pres., effective immediately, and as CEO on April 21. He has also been elected a dir. of Boise Cascade Office Products.
LAKELAND PAPER CORP.
Charles Schmidt has been promoted to pres. of the company. Ted Scherpenberg has been promoted to sales mgr.; and Curtis Haack will take over Scherpenberg’ duties as gen. mgr. of the Centralia, Ill., plant.
MILLCRAFT GROUP
John Orlando has been promoted v.p./Business Communication Products of this Cleveland, Ohio-based company.
AVENOR INC.
Ken Boegh, process improvement leader, and John Allen, recycle supt., were awarded the I.H. Weldon Award for Best Paper of the Year at the annual meeting of the Canadian Pulp & Paper Assn. They received the award for a paper they coauthored, titled “ of Distilled Oil as a Flotation Collection in Deinking Mills.” Gilles Dorris, Marc Dagenais, and Maurice Douek from Paprican were the three other coauthors.
TECHNICAL ASSN. OF THE PULP & PAPER INDUSTRY (TAPPI)
Dr. Douglas Wahren, pres. of the Paper Professor AB in Stockholm, Sweden, was presented with the 1998 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award during the association’ annual business meeting on Feb. 16 in Atlanta, Ga. This is TAPPI’ highest honor for scientific and engineering contributions to the pulp, paper, board, or forest product industries.
The following individuals were named TAPPI Fellows on the same occasion: Hal W. Tanner Jr., technical dir. for the containerboard div. of International Paper, Shreveport, La.; Jere W. Crouse, sr. scientist in applied research at Beloit Corp., Rockton, Ill.; Dr.-Ing. Nils-Olaf Bergh, sr. advisor of technology of Cerestar Product & Development Div., Vilvoorde, Belgium; William J. Goetz, dir. of coated free-sheet for Appleton Papers, Combined Locks, Wis.; Dr. Peter Axegå, pres. of Axegå Consulting AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Douglas C. Pryke, a consultant in Ontario, Canada; Ronald E. Swanson, sr. v.p. at Consolidated Papers Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; and Prof. Hannu Paulapuro, prof. of paper technology and head of the Laboratory of Paper Technology, Helsinki Univ. of Technology.
SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT CO.
D.E. “” Gleason, new product development mgr., retired on Jan. 31 after 52 years of working at the mill.
CASCADE CORP.
Lawrence S. Maunder, board member and former v.p. of marketing, died Feb. 3. Maunder, 65, received the Industrial Truck Assn.’ highest honor, the Special Industry Award, in Nov. 1997 for his outstanding contribution to the materials handling industry.
HERITAGE INKS INTERNATIONAL
Werner Sattler passed away on Feb. 8. He had previously been working with the company to develop new lines of ink for high-quality applications.
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