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PAPER COMPANIES

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Andrea Day

GEORGIA-PACIFIC

Andrea Day has been appointed market mgr., imaging papers.

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John Fuller

MEAD CORP.

John Fuller has been named gen. mgr., pulp and utilities, Maine Operations. Janet Hall has been appointed human protection mgr., Maine Operations. Hall will be responsible for industrial hygiene, safety, and plant protection.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.

Marc J. Shapiro, vice chairman of JP Morgan Chase & Co., has been elected to the company's board of directors. Shapiro is responsible for finance, risk management, and administration at JP Morgan Chase & Co. and is a member of the firm's executive and management committees.



SUPPLIER COMPANIES

PAPERLOOP.COM

John W. Rockwell has been named v.p., print division. Rockwell will manage a team responsible for producing paperloop's award-winning magazines, newsletters, directories, and books covering the worldwide paper industry.

PAPEREXCHANGE.COM

Bob Brenner has been appointed CEO of the company. Duane DeSisto, who recently was appointed COO, will now also assume the role of pres.

NASH ENGINEERING CO.

Samuel O. Entriken has been named v.p. and gen. mgr. of the recently formed Paperworx Div. of the company.

FALK CORP.

Gary H. Kaine has been named pres. of the company.

METSO CORP.

Tor Bergman, pres. and CEO of the company, has been elected chairman of the board of Metso Paper Inc., Metso Automation Inc., and Metso Minerals Inc., as well as Valmet Automotive Inc. Rick Leroux has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr. of the Montreal Service Center.

FLEXCO

Martin J. O¼Neill has been promoted to western regional sales mgr., overseeing sales reps and distributor parterships across all states west of the Mississippi River.

NETZSCH INC.

Nan Jiang has been appointed North Central regional sales mgr., analyzing and testing div. Jiang will be representing the states of Ill., Ind., Mich., and Wis.

ODWIN PUMPS

David C. Whitby has been named branch mgr. of the Atlanta branch office in Acworth, Ga.

AHLSTROM CORP.

Juha Rantanen, A. Ahlstrom Corp.'s pres. and CEO, has been named to lead the new industrial corp., Ahlstrom Corp. Johan Gullichsen (Chairman), Sebastian Bondestam, Jan Inborr, Urban Jansson, Mikawl Lilius, Peter Seligson, and Willem F. Zetteler have been appointed to the Board of Directors in the industrial corp. Jan Inborr, A. Ahlstrom Corp.¼s exec. v.p. and leader of the Ahlstrom Paper Group, will take leadership of the new investment company, Ahlström Capital. Morten Ahlström (Chairman), Thomas Ahlström, Karl Grotenfelt, Johannes Gullichsen, and Jouko Oksanen have been appointed to the Board of Directors in the investment company. Karl-Erik Palin, A. Ahlstrom Corp.¼s gen. counsel, will take leadership of the new family company, A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö. Lars Ahlström, Robin Alström, Susanne Ehrnrooth, Markus Saikku, Meri Saikku, Michael Sumelius, and Jussi-Pekka Taavit-sainen have been appointed to the Board of Directors in the family company.

SP NEWSPRINT CO.

Tom Hahn has joined the company as v.p., corporate svcs., and pres., SP Recycling Corp. Hahn replaces Gary Peters as pres. of SPRC, who will resume his full-time responsibilities as sr. v.p., administration.

DELTA COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC.

Donald E. Denman has been promoted to sr. applications specialist.

MARSDEN INC.

Gerard Dugan has joined the company as a manufacturing technician at the company headquarters in N.J.

SUITT CONSTRUCTION

Barbara Cole has been promoted to dir., business development.

KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT

Ronnie Babb has returned as dir., business development, forest products.

DIAMOND SAW WORKS INC.

Tim Swift has been appointed dir., marketing and sales.

GREIF BROS. CORP.

Kenneth E. Kutcher has been named CFO and sec. of the company. Kutcher is responsible for increasing the corporation¼s visibility in the financial community and leading the corporation¼s financial activities, programs, and processes.

INPRO/SEAL CO.

Paul Bender has been appointed dir. of sales and marketing. Bender will be responsible for sales and marketing activities, as well as overseeing manufacturing, research and development, and engineering operations.

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David Johnson

NELES AUTOMATION

David Johnson has been appointed gen. mgr., pulp and paper business unit, North America; Scott J. MacLeod has been appointed North American dir. of sales, control valves, and consistency; Jeff Peshoff has been appointed marketing mgr.; and Klaus Rauhansalo has been appointed business controller. Greg Campbell has been promoted to mgr., analyzer business for North America; Brett W. Malloy has been appointed key account/OEM business mgr.; Wendy Johansson has been appointed spare parts and logistics mgr.; and Anita Gardner has been appointed customer svc. mgr., sales admin., projects and proposals.

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Durwin Ritter

HARRIS GROUP INC.

Durwin Ritter has been named CIO; Patrick Laramie has been named dir. of human resources; and Kelly Traw has been named marketing dir.

MERCHANTS

DONCO PAPER SUPPLY CO.

David Mendelson has been named pres. of the company. He is taking over for Robert Mendelson, who will be serving as chairman of the board and salesman.



ASSOCIATIONS

FIELDBUS FOUNDATION

Flavio Tolfo has been named v.p., European operations. Tolfo, who serves as dir. of ABB Automation¼s asset optimization and fieldbus technology group, replaces Lionel Bridle, also of ABB, who has assumed additional responsibilities in his position with that company. WPT Oakie Sallee has been named to the Board of Directors for The Worldwide Printing Thermographers Association (WPT). Sallee is v.p., national accounts for Fox River Paper.

SC COUNCIL

Mark Cassidy, pres. of Norse Skog (USA) Inc., has been named chairman of The SC Council, a worldwide association of leading manufacturers that produce quality supercalendered paper.



AWARDS

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

Jim Stanton, Rockwell Automation plant manager, has been presented with a Recognition of Excellence Award from FMC Food Tech Citrus Systems, a division of the FMC Corp. This was the second year in a row Stanton received the award. It was presented to Stanton in recognition of his successful efforts during the 1999 calendar year.

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