PAPER COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC. In the Converting Div., Todd Borkowski has joined the company as safety, health, loss prevention, and environmental coordinator; and Jon Sonnenberg has been promoted to operations scheduling shift supervisor. Connie Federwitz has been promoted to corporate support services supervisor In the Forest Resources Div., Richard Kayser has been named procurement forester, Todd Krause has been promoted to tree farm forester, Joseph Schroeder has been promoted to area forest supervisor, and Jeff Tracy has been named forest products marketing forester. Kurt Hoppe has been promoted to stock process shift superintendent in the Kraft Div. In the Biron Div., Jim Czenczek has been promoted to quality control supervisor, and Ryan Kluck has been promoted to assistant paper machine superintendent, Nos. 23 and 24. Timothy Kaczmarek has been named steam and power superintendent at the Wisconsin River Div. In the Inter Lake Papers Div., Jim Purchatzke has been promoted to assistant paper machine supervisor, No. 97. In the Niagara Div., Robert DeMay has been promoted to quality control supervisor, and Joe Marcy has been named paper machine shift supervisor, No. 44. Susan Samberg has been promoted to recovered fiber coordinator at Superior Recycled Fiber Industries. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL Gregory Burzell has been named Western Regional sales mgr. Burzell will be responsible for managing the team charges with sales of Champion Web coated and supercalendered papers in the Western U.S. and Canada. Jae Lee has been named coates sales rep. for Champion Web papers. Lee will be responsible for the development of new distribution business and sales. Carlton Owen, v.p., forest policy, has been reappointed by Sec. of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt to a full six-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. He was originally appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1998. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES INC. Charles Floyd has been promoted to plant manager of the company’s newly acquired pulp mill in Port Wentworth, Ga. INTERNATIONAL PAPER Jeff Martin has been appointed to the position of district sales exec. for Strathmore Papers, part of the Fine Papers Div. Martin will promote and sell Strathmore in the Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas markets. Michael J. Balduino has been named sr. v.p., marketing and sales. Balduino will be responsible for the company’s market-based and customer focused business strategy. Balduino was formerly v.p. and GM of the company’s Foodservice Business. Bill Wyrick has been named northeast regional sales mgr., Commercial Printing Papers. FLOYD WRIGHT AHLSTROM CORP. The following persons were recently elected as members of the Board: Johan Gullichsen, Robert Mattson, Carl Ahlström, Morten Ahlström, Urban Jansson, Peter Seligson, Gerhard Wendt, and Mikael Lilius. PORT TOWNSEND PAPER Kevin Wright has been promoted to export sales mgr. In his new position, Wright will be responsible for executing export sales strategy for kraft paper, kraft linerboard, and unbleached kraft pulp. MEAD CONTAINERBOARD DIV. Robert A. Feeser has been appointed pres. of the Mead Containerboard Div. based in Atlanta, Ga., effective immediately. Peter H. Vogel, Jr., v.p., finance and treasurer, will add management of the purchasing and logistics dept. to his responsibilities. ENCORE PAPER Tom Howison has been named Midwest Regional sales mgr. Richard Shaw and Scott Kern have been named territory sales mgrs. PASADENA PAPER Tim McClung has been appointed to the position of national sales mgr for the company’s C1S Sales. McClung will link customer programs and issues with manufacturing technical and order fulfillment staff.

 

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SUPPLIER COMPANIES

GODWIN PUMPS

Bob Spatz has joined the company as branch mgr. In his new roll, Spatz will oversee all sales and operations of the Lansing, Ill., branch. Scott Malcolm has joined the company as branch mgr. of the Pittsburgh, Penn., office. Ruben Rosas has joined the company’s Bridgeport, N.J., branch as a sales engineer. Ricky L. McComas has joined the company’s Charleston, W.V., branch office as a sales engineer.

SPIRAC INC.

Paul Lackemacher has been appointed North American sales mgr. of the company, a supplier of shaftless spiral conveyors and mixers.

ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES

Melissa McDonald has been appointed to the position of sr. product safety specialist.

ADHESIVES RESEARCH

Peter D. Gabriele has joined the company as research and development group leader for the Splicing Business Unit. In this position, Gabriele directs research and development programs to meet the organization’s need for technology development, new product development, and the improvement and cost reduction of existing products and processes.

THERMO BLACK CLAWSON

Michael A. Sieron has been promoted to v.p., Sales for the company. In his new position, Sieron will be responsible for all marketing and sales functions within the company. Percy E. Brooks has been appointed v.p., Engineering and Technology. Brooks will be responsible for overseeing all engineering and project management functions as well as all research and technology developments.

SARTOMER CO.

Timothy Malloy has been promoted to the newly created position of operations mgr., and Robert Costagliola has been promoted to plant mgr. for the West Chester, Penn., manufacturing facility.

LINTERN

Steve King has been promoted to regional sales rep. In his new position, King will be responsible for Lintern’s sales territories located in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. He will also continue as the company’s LHD product specialist.

KRONOS INC.

Jean-Pierre Gravel has been appointed v.p., sales and marketing for Kronos Canada. Gravel will be located at the company’s offices in Montreal.

HALLIBURTON CO.

Albert G. Luke has been named pres. of the recently consolidated DMD-Roots Div.

THOMPSON ANALYTIC

Stan Parton has joined the company as director of business development. Parton will be working out of the Atlanta, Ga., office.

XYCOM AUTOMATION

Steve Crass has been named v.p., marketing. Crass will oversee corporate-wide product marketing, advertising, and public relations activities.

HARRIS WASTE MANAGEMENT GROUP

Scott Williams has been appointed v.p., sales and marketing of Harris Press & Shear Div. Scott will oversee all sales for the ferrous and shredder divisions.

PACTIV CORP.

Greg Kubisiak has joined the company as a consultant to the Hexacomb honeycomb Paper Mill team. Kubisiak will be based in Eau Claire, Wis.

PQ CORP.

Stephen F. Robinson has been appointed account mgr., pulp and paper, Industrial Chemicals Div. Robinson will be responsible for pulp and paper accounts in the South and Gulf Coast regions.

BROOKS

SIERON

BORDEN CHEMICAL

Jason Manuel has been appointed technical sales rep. for the Coatings and Graphics Group in northern Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Manuel will be responsible for printing ink sales to corrugators and other package printers in the region.

WOW LOGISTICS

Bonnie M. Bentle has been appointed transportation services mgr. of the Appleton-based public warehousing and distribution services company. In her new position, Bentle will oversee both Purchasing and Transportation departments.

SANDWELL ENGINEERING

M.L. Miller has re-joined the company as mgr. of the electircal and process control depts.

OMNOVA SOLUTIONS

Robin McCann has been promoted to dir. of marketing, paper business unit, Performance Chemicals. Dr. Jaclyn Laurich has been named marketing development specialist, Paper.

WEBEX

Mark Abderholden has been named sales and marketing dir. Abderholden will manage the company’s regional sales staff and representative firms serving original equipment manufacturers and end-users throughout the U.S. and Latin America.

LASER MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL

Maria Bjorner-Brauer has been named sales and marketing mgr. for the Industrial Sensors Div.

AMIAD FILTRATION SYSTEMS

Glenn Dobbs has joined the manufacturer and distributor of industrial filtration products as sales mgr. of the North American Div.

BURKERT

Andrew Harris has recently been named to the new position of v.p., marketing, responsible for new business development and marketing management for the U.S.

ACTION INSTRUMENTS

Derek Hook has been promoted to LatinAmerica business director.

PENFORD CORP.

Gregory R. Keeley has been named pres. and GM, Industrial Ingredients, as well as v.p. of Penford Corp.

AMIAD FILTRATION SYSTEMS

Glenn Dobbs has joined the company as sales mgr. of the North American Div. Dobbs will be responsible for leading 17 sales people in Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.