SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORP.

Cary Johannes has been named public relations contact for the board sales div. Cordes Porcher has been hired as sr. technical service rep., graphics.

WEYERHAEUSER CO.

Doug Fries has been promoted to the newly-created position of regional sales mgr. for the Midwest region. Fries will be located in the Itasca, Ill., office. Sara Schreiner-Kendall has assumed the role of v.p—environment, health, and safety. Lori Slovik has been promoted to mgr., technical services for the fine papers business.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Kevin Pearce has been appointed gen. mgr., commercial printing papers.

DOMTAR

Cliff Phippen has been named operation supervisor. Mike Forrest has been named management forester for the communication papers div.

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOC.

Sara H. Freund has been named exec. dir., e-business.

MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION ASSOC.

The association recently elected Charles Lloyd, exec. v.p., Maurey Manufacturing Corp., to the position of pres. of the association. Dan Fannin, v.p., marketing, Emerson Power Transmis-sion Corp., was elected v.p./treas. Edward Ward, marketing mgr., Rexnord Corp., was elected to a three-year term on the MPTA board of directors.

PAPINET

Dan O'Brien, sr. v.p., paper operations, Quebecor World, was elected chairman. John Balboni, v.p., e-business, International Paper Co., was elected vice chairman of the group, which is coordinating the involvement of North American pulp, paper, and paperboard producers and customers in the papiNet international e-business standards effort.

ANDRITZ

Markku Hänninen has been named pres. Robert Puhr has been named dir. of customer communications. Purh will oversee the market communications activities for the company's pulp and paper business.

VOITH PAPER AUTOMATION

Ray Shead and Bruce Taylor have joined the marketing department to manage the automation business for the paper industry.

ABB AUTOMATION

Charles (Chuck) Kalin III has been named dir., industrial sales for the low-voltage motors and drives business of the technology products div.

ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES

Francis C. Ejiogu has been appointed laboratory technician. Mary Ann Serridge has been appointed sr. sales rep. Brenda J. Zukowski has been promoted to inside sales rep. Kathie A. Avallone has been appointed sr. Lotus Notes developer. Deb Napolitano has been appointed sr. laboratory technician. Mark G. Matyi, Jr., has joined the company as a laboratory technician. Rina Dey has been appointed customer service rep. in the coatings and inks group. Francis P. Hamilton has been appointed PC support specialist. Frank L. Alley has been appointed sr. Western sales rep. for the coatings and inks group. Stephen W. Miller has been appointed maintenance supervisor for the Newberry Springs, Calif., plant.

HARRIS GROUP INC.

Ronnie Knight has been named v.p., forest industries for the Southeast region.

STEDMAN

Jeff Raabe was recently appointed industrial sales mgr. of the industrial equipment supplier.

BE&K

Jonantae B. Underwood has been named editor in the corporate communications group. Underwood will be responsible for editing and production of employee publications including a daily online newsletter and a quarterly magazine.

STERLING COATED ROLLSTOCK

Curt C. Campbell has joined the company as sr. accounts mgr.

VICTAULIC

Lawrence W. Thau, Jr., v.p., engineering, will assume responsibility for new product development and operations of Victaulic Tool Co.

ENRON INDUSTRIAL MARKETS

David Allan has been appointed dir. of fundamentals analysis in the forest products group.

M.A. INDUSTRIES INC.

Mark Atkinson has been named field technical service and installation mgr.

FIBER RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

Steven A. Marchetti has been appointed regional sales dir. Marchetti will be heading up sales of the company's Low-E series of debaling, dewiring, defibering, and detrashing equipment.

KANENG INDUSTRIES

Albert Cousineau has been appointed sales rep., Quebec. Alain Parent has been named regional sales mgr., Eastern Canada.

AVERY DENNISON CORP.

Karyn E. Rodriguez has been promoted to the position of v.p. and treasurer.

AUSIMONT INC.

Scott Violette has been appointed national sales mgr. for the company's Fluorolink perfluoropolyether surface treatments.

DEUBLIN CO.

Richard Shipway has assumed the title of v.p., manufacturing. David R. Wilson has been appointed v.p., sales and marketing. Both Shipway and Wilson will become members of the company's executive management team.

J&L FIBER SERVICES

Brian Lacy has joined the company as district sales mgr.

PERMACEL INC.

Remy Maria Quiñones has been named lead corporate counsel. In this role, Quiñones will supervise the company's legal affairs.

JOYCE/DAYTON CORP.

Harry Sawicki has been appointed regional sales mgr. for the lifting equipment div.

ENSR INTERNATIONAL

Patricia Fleischauer, v.p., has been honored with TAPPI's 2001 Environmental Division Leadership and Service Award. Fleischauer will chair TAPPI's Air Quality Committee in 2001.

RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

Ralph F. Box, Jr., recently retired sr. v.p., sales for Müller Martini, has been named the 2001 recipient of the John L. Kronenberg Industry Leadership Award.

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.

Donald Kayser has retired from the company's board of directors after 45 years of continuous service to the company and its predecessors.

TEMPLE-INLAND INC.

CEO William B. Howes has stepped down from his position on the board of directors. Howes will be retiring early next year and will be replaced as CEO by Dale E. Stahl, who also assumed Howes role on the board.

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