Package tagging for pharmaceuticals is moving forward, but slowly. Meanwhile, FDA grows impatient.

Jerry Welcome (above) was named president of the Intl. Fresh-cut Produce Assn. Welcome most recently served as vice president, member services, for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

Safeline Inc. (Tampa, FL) appointed George Louli (above) as director of marketing.

Bosch Rexroth Corp. (Hoffman Estates, IL) has formed a new service automation div., and named Gary Blankemeyer as vp and gen. manager. The new div.

Terce Henriquez was promoted to vp of global label sales by AET Films (New Castle, DE).

Indramat (Hoffman Estates, IL): Scott C. Hibbard, vp; Richard J. Huss, vp; Richard Winter, finance and operations mgr.

Mannesmann Rexroth, a division of Indramat (Hoffman Estates, IL), has opened a new technical center in East Granby, CT.

Poly-Seal Corp. (Baltimore, MD) received the 1997 Manufacturer of the Year award from the National Assn. of Container Distributors (NACD). NACD announced recipients of the 1997 Henry Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Fund: Tara Lynn Martin, Clemson Univ., and Andrew Wollam, Michigan State Univ.

The Indramat Div. of The Rexroth Corp. (Hoffman Estates, IL) opened Atlanta and Seattle sales and application centers.