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The Frain Group (Addison, IL): David Eggleston, COO.—LPK (Cincinnati, OH): Jerry Kathman, president, CEO.—Terco (Bloomingdale, IL): Dennis Ahrens, president, replacing David Cull who has resigned.—Alvey Systems, Inc.

Feb 29th, 2000

(St. Louis, MO): Steve Ackerman, vp, integrated system sales.—Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN): Evan S. Pritz, vp, strategy and development.—CCL Container (Oak Ridge, NJ): James Watson, vp, gen. mgr. of CCL Container tube div.—Jowat Corp. (High Point, NC): Grady Leser, sales southern Midwest territory.—Arrowhead Systems (Oshkosh, WI): Pat Vincent, vp, applications eng.; George Vroom, gen. mgr., Busse subsidiary.—Wilkinson Mfg. Co. (Fort Calhoun, NE): Ray Salinas vp, marketing.—Sterling Group (New York, NY): Heidi Primavera, senior vp, gen. mgr., West Coast operations.—Fort Dearborn (Niles, IL): Dr. Naresh Swaroop, vp, research and development, mfg. technology.—Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI): Michael O’Connor, mgr., global sales—Automated Systems Integrators Ltd. (Crawley, U.K.): David Stock, managing dir.—R.A. Jones & Co. (Cincinnati, OH): Marty Bechtel, industry mgr., pharmaceutical and personal products industry; John Herman, operational excellence mgr.—Paratherm Corp. (Conshohocken, PA): Jim Oetinger, mgr., sales.—Risdon-AMS (Naugatuck, CT): Dennis Desrochers, vp, sales and marketing.; Garry Wilson, dir., sales and marketing for eye-care products; Gary Fagan, dir., sales and marketing for lip products.—Johnson Polymer (Sturtevant, WI): Dana Johansen, mgr., business development; Greg Ross, industry mgr.—Kolmar Laboratories (New York, NY): Susan L. Halpern, account executive.—Magpowr (Fenton, MO): Danny Tabb, West territory mgr.—Hapco Inc. (Kent, OH): Gary Calderwood, dir., eng. sales; Rick O’Dea, sales, customer service rep.

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