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Bradman Lake Group appointed Simon Wheatley chief executive officer.

Simon Wheatley
Simon Wheatley

The Ampac Flexibles division of Ampac Packaging LLC announced two new director positions. Dave Bartish joined the Performance Films group as director of sales and Tricia Reighard joined the Converted Products group as director of technical marketing.

Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering Co. named Brian Marvelley president and CEO and Harold Wrede chairman.

The World Packaging Organisation elected Keith Pearson president-elect.

Oden Corp. announced the following new staff appointments: Dean Faso in-house sales manager, Richard Janas contact management specialist, and Jeffery Mook, field service technician. Oden also announced two rep agencies: TTech Automation for Canada and Centerfield Packaging for the northwestern U.S.

International Paper announced the following organizational changes: Wayne Brafford was named senior vice president, Printing and Communications Papers; Paul Herbert was named senior vice president, Strategic initiatives; and Carol Roberts was named senior vice president, IP—Packaging Solutions.

Peter Krummeck joined Sun Chemical Performance Pigments as director of sales, international.

Wes Goode, Jr. was appointed vice president, airport systems, North American Airport, Post, and Parcel Div. for FKI Logistics.

Adhesive Research hired Thomas S. Rimel, Jr., as commercial development manager.

Trevor Jones, Thermo Electron Corp., was elected president of the Robotic Industries Assn.

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