ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED

Richard Drouin has been appointed chairman of the board, and Pierre Karl Peledeau has been appointed vice chairman. The board also filled an existing vacancy by appointing Claude Helie as a director.

UNIFORET

Pierre Moreau has been appointed pres. and CEO of the company. He succeeds Lino Saputo, who had been acting as interim pres. and CEO since Nov. 4, 1998.

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

Patricia A. Barnard and James E. Bostic, Jr., have been elected to exec. v.p. positions. Barnard was named exec. v.p., human resources, and Bostic was named exec. v.p., governmental affairs and communications.

AMERICAN TISSUE

David J. Deming has joined the company as v.p., and Len Dorrien has been appointed v.p., jumbo roll sales.

MEAD PAPER

Gerald F. Martin has been appointed maintenance mgr. of the company's Rumford, Maine, mill.

MENASHA CORP.

Rod Heining has been appointed dir., paperboard sales. Heining is replacing Steve Gnagi, sales dept. mgr., who is retiring. Tom Black has been named to the newly-created position of mgr. of sales, service, and quality.

PULP & PAPER OF AMERICA

Randy Hotham has been appointed Northeast sales mgr. for the company.

BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES

John Crowe has been elected sr. v.p., wood cellulose. Crowe will be responsible for wood cellulose sales, manufacturing, and product development. Govert Deketh has been elected v.p., cotton cellulose sales, Europe and Middle East. Deketh will be responsible for the marketing of all cotton cellulose products in these areas.

LAMINATIONS

Jean Klutz-Funk has been promoted to account mgr. Klutz-Funk will be based in the Kansas City area and will serve customers in Nebr., Iowa, Kans., Mo., and southern Ill. Shaun Brophy has been promoted to plant mgr. of the Jacksonville, Fla., facility, and Becky Ebelt has been named inside sales partner at the Appleton, Wis., office.

CW PAPER

Peter T. Carey has been appointed dir., sales and marketing.

MAIL-WELL

Paul Reilly has been promoted to pres. and CEO of the company. He is also a director. Reilly is taking over for Gerald Mahoney, who retired. Tom Stephens, a director, was elected chairman of the board

METSO PAPERS

Rick Leroux has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr. of the Montreal Service Center for the company.

MARSDEN INC.

Gerard Dugan has been hired as a manufacturing technician at the company's headquarters in Pennsauken, N.J.

VOITH PAPER LTD.

Andrew Regan has been named chairman and managing dir., and Nigel Ashworth has been named manufacturing dir. The two are taking over for Edward Hunt and Vernon Holt, who are retiring from the company at the end of 2001. Until then, they will assist their successors in taking over the full operating responsibilities.

CLARK MATERIAL HANDLING CO.

Guy Keally has been appointed dir. of human resources for the company's North American operations.

MOTION INDUSTRIES

Tim Breen has been named v.p. and gen. mgr. of the company's Berry Div., and Ken Wallace has been named regional mgr., northern Ill. and southern Wis. operations.

ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS CORP.

John L. Sams, pres., has been elected CEO of the company, and Joseph J. Duffy has been elected as a new director of the company, bringing the total number of directors now serving to seven.

OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC.

Kevin McMullen, chairman, CEO, and pres., has been elected to the company's Board of Directors.

OMNNI SOLUTIONS INC.

Gary R. Gardner has joined the company as lead instrumentation and controls engineer.

INPRO/SEAL CO.

Paul Bender has been appointed dir. of sales and marketing. Bender will be responsible for the sales and marketing activities, as well as helping to oversee manufacturing, R&D, and engineering operations.

WILCOXON RESEARCH INC.

Gregory Dale has been appointed dir. of research and development. Dale will be responsible for providing primary technical direction on advanced design, product development, and new technology projects.

COLOR RESOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL LLC

Paul Fulton has been named marketing mgr., and David Richardson has been appointed technical sales representative.

J&L FIBER SERVICES

Brian Van Baush has joined the company as a regional sales mgr. Van Baush will handle all sales activities and promotions in Europe and Latin America.

VERTACROSS INC.

Marcus Boerkei has been appointed pres. and CEO of the company, and Daniel Duncan has been appointed v.p., sales and marketing.

BABCOCK & WILCOX

Brij M. Verma has joined the company as the new joint managing dir. of Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Ltd., the company's joint venture in Pune, India.

BIGMACHINES INC.

Denis Slavich has been appointed v.p. and CFO of the company.

STAKE TECHNOLOGY

Katrina Houde has been appointed to the company's board of directors, enlarging the board to 11 members.

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES

The Board of Directors has elected Allen Cheng, v.p. and managing dir., MINTEQ International; Kenneth L. Massimine, v.p. and managing dir., Processed Minerals; and John A. Sorel, v.p. and managing dir., Paper PPC.

CIMA

Zhang Qing has been named the new managing dir. of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association's (CIMA) Beijing office.

SOCMA

Lawrence R. Fisher has been appointed dir. of finance and administration for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA).

SSPC

Richard Burgess, Julian Hay, Jeffrey J. McIntyre, Brian Peroni, Kevin Schweikhart, and Albert Smith have met The Society for Protective Coatings' (SSPC) requirements and have been named protective coating specialists.

ASTM

Malcolm W. Chase, editor of the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data and retired from his full-time work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has received the ASTM Award of Merit. The Award of Merit carries with it the title of Fellow and is the highest ASTM award given for distinguished service in committee activity.

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