The Westlake Group of Companies (Houston, TX) hired Warren W. Wilder as vp, Olefins and Styrene. Jeff Taylor was promoted to the position of vp, Polyethylene.
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA) appointed Tom Egan to its staff as dir. of marketing.
Pliant Corp. (Schaumburg, IL) appointed Len Azzaro to the position of president, Flexible Packaging.
Graeme Warner, vp of sales and marketing at Nalbach Engineering Co. (Countryside, IL), has retired. Gary Lange has rejoined the company as vp, sales. Ed Atwell joins as vp, marketing.
Bob Rickert will step down as president and CEO of Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL). Replacing Rickert is Wolfgang Dangel, the company’s current CFO.
Thomas Mohr has been appointed to the position of president and CEO of Vifan’s (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) North American companies.
Robert Brands was named managing dir. of Airspray N.V. (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), the parent company of AirSpray Intl.
