HOLMEN

Magnus Hall, currently marketing dir., has been appointed pres. of the Holmen Paper business arm of the group. Hall is taking over for Goran Lundin, who is stepping down from the position after 12 years as business area pres. Lundin has been appointed exec. v.p. at Holmen AB, where he will be engaged in special projects on behalf of the pres. and CEO, Per Ericson. Ake Eklof has been named pres. of Holmen Kraft, which is now a separate business area. Eklof will report directly to Lundin. Anders Almgren has been appointed CFO and head of group finance. Almgren is taking over for Lennart Svensson, who is leaving to pursue other activities. Thommy Haglund has been appointed sr. v.p. and head of group human resources. Haglund is taking over for Ingalill Landfors,who is retiring.

APPLETON PAPERS INC.

Becky Ebeit has been named inside sales partner.

MENASHA CORP.

David Rust has been appointed corp. v.p. and chief human resources officer.

RAYONIER INC.

Jill Witter has been appointed v.p. and gen. counsel, and Ronald Townsend has been elected to the company's Board of Directors.

SONOCO PRODUCTS CO.

M. Jack Sanders has been elected v.p., industrial products, North America; and Vicki Arthur, formerly dir., corporate reporting and treasury svcs., has been promoted to staff v.p., corporate controller.

P.H. GLATFELTER CO.

Robert P. Newcomer has been elected pres. and COO of the company.

POPE & TALBOT INC.

Angel M. Diez has been named v.p./div. mgr., pulp products. Diez has been with the company since 1992 as v.p., sales and marketing.

BUCKMAN LABORATORIES

Alison G. Tucker has been named mgr., global media and promotions.

BAYER CORP.

Walter L. Bullock has been appointed v.p., paper colorants and chemicals. Bullock is responsible for sales, marketing, manufacturing, technology, and product development.

PAXONIX

James R. Chambers has been appointed CEO of Paxonix, an online packaging services company created by Westvaco Corp.

MOTION INDUSTRIES

Jeff Rouse has been named v.p. and gen. mgr., East div. Jim Randazzo will replace Rouse and has been named as a regional mgr., North div.

THE BF GOODRICH CO.

Brian Kobischka has been named v.p., finance, Fairbanks Morse Engine Div.

J&L FIBER SVCS.

Robert B. Swift has joined the company as a sales rep.

DRESSER INSTRUMENTS

Joan Nassef has joined the communications dept. as communications coordinator. Nassef will coordinate the division's advertising and publicity efforts and will be involved in most communication projects.

ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES INC.

Jan M. Weernink has been appointed marketing mgr., non-aqueous coatings; Alex Alessandrini has been appointed mgr., western sales div.; and Gary C. Cammorato has been appointed plant mgr. at the Charleston, W. Va., plant.

NORDSON CORP.

Scott R. Miller has been promoted to gen. mgr. of the company's paper and paperboard converting (PPC) business unit. Miller was formerly business dev. mgr. for the unit.

JOYCE/DAYTON CORP.

Ray Niemeyer has been appointed marketing/sales mgr., lifting equipment div.

FORESTWEB

Benjamin Thorpe, a Georgia-Pacific executive, has joined Forestweb's advisory board.

KEMIRA

Anne Haggren has been appointed sr. v.p., human resources, and member of the internal management board. Timo Leppa has been named sr. v.p., group communications, and member of the internal management board.

BE&K INC.

William H. Boyd has joined the company as mgr., site location svcs.

SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Kimberly Abramo has been appointed product mgr., spectroscopy instruments, North America.

COEN CO. INC.

Don L. McKenzie, v.p., corporate development has been promoted to the newly-created position of v.p./gen. mgr., new business div.

SOLARONICS INTERNATIONAL CORP.

Stephane DeFrance has been named North American svc. mgr. DeFrance will oversee the service and satisfaction of the installed users in North America.

WACKER SILICONES CORP.

G.S. "Ken" Yoon has been appointed v.p. and business unit mgr., fluids and emulsions.

WIELAND ELECTRIC INC.

Doug Terhune has been named distributor sales mgr., U.S. div. Terhune will be responsible for creating programs designed to maximize national distributor participation. Bruce Burroughs has been promoted to product group mgr. Burroughs will supervise all product mgrs. and application engineers, while maintaining responsibility for the printed circuit board product group. Ken Carraway has been promoted from Southeastern regional mgr. to Eastern regional mgr. Carraway is now responsible for the management, recruiting, training, and evaluation of direct field sales personnel, representatives, and distributors throughout the eastern United States.

THERMO BLACK CLAWSON INC.

Edwin D. Healy has been named pres. of the company, and Peter J. Flynn has been appointed v.p., business dev.

INTERNATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS CORP.

Edward W. Ahern has joined the company as v.p., publication and specialty paper sales. Ahern will oversee IFP's export sales of printing, writing, and publication grades.

EASTMAN KODAK CO.

Ronald Morrison, v.p. and mgr. of worldwide color paper in the company's global manufacturing organization, has retired after 43 years with the company.

ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES INC.

James T. Hier has retired from his position as mgr., western sales region. Hier has been with the company since 1970.

HOLMEN

Ingalill Landfors, sr. v.p. and head of group human resources, has retired.

ASTENJOHNSON

Charles "Chuck" Johnson, chairman of JWI Ltd. and dir. of AstenJohnson, passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2001.

TEMPLE-INLAND FOREST PRODUCTS CORP.

Gregory G. Engelken, 36, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2001, from injuries sustained in a fire at the company's particleboard plant in Mount Jewett. Engelken was complex mgr. at the Mount Jewett operation. James Covert, 39, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001, from injuries related to the same incident. Covert was a maintenance technician at the particleboard facility.

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