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KoSa (Charlotte, NC): George B. Gregory, president, CEO.

—Huntsman Corp. (Salt Lake City, UT): Peter R. Huntsman, CEO.

—Smurfit-MBI (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada): Luis Martinez, president, CEO.

—FlexSol Holding Corp. (Pompano Beach, FL): Brian Stevenson, CEO.

—Mateer Burt (Exton, PA): Richard J. Ward, president.

—Akzo Nobel (Plymouth, MN): Peter Mulheran, president, North American operation.

—The Coleman Group (New York, NY): Jonathan B. Asher, president; Joan Nicosia, vp, executive, chief creative officer; Gregg Lipman, dir., account services.

—Multi-Color Corp. (Cincinnati, OH): Steven G. Mulch, senior vp, sales and marketing; John McKeough, corp. vp, operations.

—Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL): Edwin Goffard, chairman, managing board, gen. mgr., Corrugated Div. at the Europa Carton affiliate.

—Hayes Machine Co. (Marshall, MI): Doug Pergamella, vp, sales.

—Sonoco (Hartsville, SC): Rodger D. Fuller, vp, div.

—CPD, North America; Brad D. Ross, divisional vp, sales and marketing; Dr. Terry Gerhardt, staff vp; Thomas Coker, gen. mgr., packaging services.

—Packexpo.com (Fairfax, VA): F. Bryan Davies, Ph.D., chief technology officer.

—Monarch Marking Systems (Miamisburg, OH): Gary Horning, vp, marketing.

—Wago (Germantown, WI): Thomas J. Artmann, vp, sales and marketing.

—R.A. Jones & Co. (Covington, KY): Rusty Sparling, dir., pharmaceutical and personal products industry.

—NOVA Chemicals (Pittsburgh, PA): Chris Pappas, senior vp, president, Styrenics.

—West Pharmaceutical Services (Lionville, PA): Dale E. Herbranson Ph.D., vp, global quality assurance.

—Formost Packaging Machines (Woodinville, WA): Michael Forbes, mgr., marketing.

—Sambrailo Packaging (Watsonville, CA): Mark Saucedo, dir., sales; Dale Abbott, rep., merchandiser and sales.

—Saxco Intl. Inc. (Philadelphia, PA): Helder Teles, dir., sales and marketing.

—Enercon Industries Corp. (Menomonee Falls, WI): John Smallshaw, gen. mgr., sales, Corona Treating Systems; Walter Morgan, mgr., intl. sales, Corona Treating Systems.

—Seaquist Closures (Mukwonago, WI): Susan De Groot, mgr., food market; Barb Laskey, mgr., sales, food market.

—Green Bay Packaging Inc. (Green Bay, WI): Tom Fogarty, mgr., regional sales, South Central region.

—Standard-Knapp (Portland, CT): Jonas Edvardsson, mgr., Western region; Enrique Sarabia, engineer, field service.

—Convenience Food Systems (Avon, MA): Ken Doyle, account mgr.; Gary Singel, account.

—Wilkinson Mfg. (Ft. Calhoun, NE): Susan McDonald, dir., sales.

—Huntsman Specialty Chemicals (Everberg, Belgium): Patrick W. Thomas, head; Huntsman Petrochemicals (Houston, TX): Thomas J. Keenan, head.

—Laminations (Appleton, WI): Harold Schirm, mgr., Eastern regional sales.

—Lipson Alport Glass & Associates (Northbrook, IL): Tracy Bacilek, dir., creative; Lynn Mueller, dir., creative; Terrence Tong, dir., design.

—Rose Forgrove (St. Charles, IL): Mark Lozano, mgr., regional sales; Ed Cusack, mgr., regional sales.

—ELF Machinery, LLC (La Porte, IN): Ryan King, mgr., IT, marketing.

—Universal Labeling Systems, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL): Rick Niemeyer, mgr., Western regional sales.

—Ritrama (Minneapolis, MN): Tom Wenzel, rep., senior sales; Frank Bobick, rep., senior sales; Jay Landin, rep., sales; Jody McNaughton, coordinator, sales and marketing.

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