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INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Kris Wilke has been appointed account mgr. for the Hammermill Papers division. Wilke will represent Via by Hammermill, Britehue, Regalia, and other Hammermill premium papers. Libby Sillesen has been appointed specification sales consultant for Beckett Papers and Strathmore Papers. Sillesen will promote and sell Beckett and Strathmore paper products in the Los Angeles market.
METSA-SERLA CORP.
Jouko M. Jaakkola has been appointed exec. v.p. and COO of the corporation.
BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Howard Cannon has been elected v.p., nonwovens sales. Douglas Dowdell has been elected v.p., nonwovens business development. Horst Gottsche-Kuhn has been elected v.p., cellulose manufacturing, Europe.
FLETCHER CHALLENGE CANADA LTD.
Russell J. Horner has been appointed pres. and CEO by the company's board of directors. In addition to his appointment as CEO, Horner has also been named president, North American region, for Norse Skog, the new 50.8 % majority owner of Fletcher.
ALABAMA RIVER/PINE PULP
Russell Kendrick has been promoted to v.p. and CFO., Greg Martin has been promoted to v.p. and mill mgr., Jeff Vermilyea has been promoted to prod. mgr., and Bob Amend has been promoted to fiberline mgr.
NEWARK PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS
Steve Potterhas been named as the new regional sales mgr., NPP West. Potter takes over from Larry Montague, who has been promoted to the newly created position of v.p., marketing.
WAUSAU-MOSINEE PAPER CORP.
Thomas J. Howatt has been elected pres., CEO. Howatt will also serve on the company's Board of Directors. San W. Orr Jr., who assumed the duties of CEO upon the resignation of Daniel R. Olvey in Feb., will continue as Chairman of the Board.
IVEX PACKAGING CORP.
Gordon B. Bonfield has been elected executive v.p. and COO.
PLAINWELL INC.
Harry Rosa has been promoted to sales and marketing mgr., specialty paper products, Plainwell Paper. Mike Rogles has been promoted to central regional mgr.
HOWATT
LANGRIDGE
YORK PAPER
Lawrence J. Nassef has been appointed director of business development at the company's new Milfort, Conn., office. Nassef will split his time at the Conn. office and the company's Eddystone, Pa., headquarters.
PAPEREXCHANGE.COM
Sharon Rice, formerly of MotherNature.com, has been named v.p., marketing. Rice will play a key role in the growth and development of the company's global marketing program.
MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS
D. Arthur Seibel has been appointed sr. v.p., planning and development. In his new role, Seibel is responsible for strategic business planning, new business development, information technology, and the company's e-business efforts. Patricia A. Anderson has been named dir., Global Paper Business, for Millennium Inorganic Chemicals. Anderson will manage every aspect of producing titanium dioxide for the paper industry. Patrick J. Casey has been named assoc. general counsel. Casey will work closely with Stuart Breslow, v.p., general counsel, and secretary, to provide a full range of in-house legal services for the company.
PRECISION ROLL GRINDERS INC.
Michael J. Carleyhas been appointed ntl. sales and marketing mgr. His responsibilities include coordination of the company's North American sales and marketing customer service teams and programs.
SERVOMEX GROUP LTD.
Dr. Sam Langridgehas been appointed sales dir., with global responsibility for sales operations.
SERVOMEX GROUP LTD.
Dr. Sam Langridge has been appointed sales dir., with global responsibility for sales operations.
STOKES VACUUM INC.
Sean F. Dryer has been appointed to the newly created position of CPI market segment mgr., process pumps business unit.
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
Alan Rosenberg has been promoted to national sales mgr. for the U.S., and Louis Gelinas has been promoted to national sales mgr. for Canada in the paper technology business segment of the additives division.
OMNOVA
Kevin M. McMullen has been named as the new CEO of the company, effective December 1, 2000. He will replace John B. Yasinsky, who has served as the CEO since the company's creation in October 1999. Yasinsky will retire at the end of November 2000, but will continue as a director and chairman of the board.
FLOWSERVE CORP.
Howard D. Wynn has been appointed pres. of the company's newly formed pump division, created as part of the aquisition of the Ingersoll Dresser Pump (IDP) Company. Assisting Wynn with the IDP integration is Bill Ord, who recently retired from IDP as pres., engineering pumps segment. John Donatiello has been named v.p. and general mgr., engineered Americas, George Peters has been appointed v.p. and general mgr., engineered Europe, and Harry Schimmoller has been appointed v.p. and general mgr., industrial Americas. Rene Blanchais has been named v.p. and general mgr., industrial EMA. Jim Quain has been appointed to the newly created position of v.p. and general mgr., contractor sales and frontline teams. Carlos Lima retains his duties as v.p., human resources, as will Kathy Giddings, v.p. and controller, and Robert Stanbury, v.p., marketing and research and development.
MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINE CO.
Joseph F. Matthews has been appointed pres. of the corporation. Matthews joined the company as sales engineer in 1983 and was elected v.p. in 1992. Skip Hoffman has been promoted to customer svc. mgr.
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Frank R. Schmeler, pres. and COO, was elected pres. and CEO of the company. Schmeler succeeds Francis L. McKone, who has announced his decision to retire.
ADHESIVE RESEARCH INC.
Sharon Mox has been promoted to the newly created position of mgr., quality control and quality engineering. In her new job, Mox leads testing to ensure the company's high quality standards are met in both raw materials and finished products.
MAXCESS INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Marcel Hage has been named v.p., sales and marketing, North America and Exports.
USFILTER
John Wolanski has joined USFilter Operating Svcs. as project development mgr., industrial outsourcing.
RJM CORP.
T.J. Tarabulski and Curt Knapper have been named project engineers, advanced technologies group. Tarabulski and Knapper are responsible for designing and installing RJM ARIS Technology, a selective catalytic reduction system for reducing NOx emissions from stationary diesel and natural gas engines.
FIELDBUS FOUNDATION
Richard J. Timoney has been named pres. and CEO of the company. Timoney replaces John Pittman, who is retiring after having served in the foundation post since 1996.
CATTRON INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Scott Lowdermilk has been appointed to the sales dept. Prior to this, Lowdermilk was sr. electrical designer of underground electrically powered mining utility vehicles.
MATTHEWS
HAGE
MARSDEN INC.
Jeff Green has been hired as a controls engineer at the Pennsauken, N.J., headquarters.
J&L FIBER SERVICES
Kenneth A. Coffey has joined the applications engineering staff at J&L Fiber Services.
CDS ANALYTICAL INC.
Susan Corby has been appointed general sales mgr., domestic and international sales.
PHOTOBITION
Ken Wasserman has been named managing dir., N.Y. division. In his new position, Wasserman is responsible for the sales and marketing, production, strategic, and financial aspects of the company. John Sheehan remains with the company as dir., sales and marketing.
FAN SEPARATOR
John McInnes has accepted a position as technical mgr. USA. McInnes will work out of the company's Carol Stream, Ill., office.
AMERICAN TREE FARM SYSTEM
Jim Dobell has been appointed to the newly created position of pres., NAFTA Region.
ANDRITZ-AHLSTROM
Don Theoe, a service forester with Washington state's Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR), has been presented with the Wesley R. Meier Outstanding Inspector of the Year Award. The award recognizes a professional forester's commitment to the Tree Farm program and sustaining private forestlands.
DAISY DATA INC.
Founder and pres., Henry Shefet, has been named Central Pennsylvania Entrepreneur of the Year in the manufacturing category, an award sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur of the Year Institute, Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationCenter, USA Today, CNNfn, CNN, and the NASDAQ-AMEX Market Group. Winners of the Central Pennsylvania award are eligible to be named National Entrepreneur of the Year.
TAPPI.
Gerard J. Lucidi has accepted the position of chairman for the Delaware Valley Local Section of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI).
SOCMA
Edward W. Kordoski has joined the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) as executive dir. of several chemical associations managed by SOCMA's Association Management Center (AMC).
NPTC
John A. McQuaid has resigned his position as pres. and CEO of the National Private Truck Council (NPTC). McQuaid will remain on as a consultant for three months to assist in the transition.
CONSOLIDATED PAPERS, INC.
Gorton M. "Buck" Evans, pres. and CEO, has retired after a 40-year career in the paper industry. Evans' last 27 years were with Consolidated, and the previous 13 years were with the S.D. Warren Co.
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