Appointments, promotions

—Cargill Dow LLC (Minneapolis, MN): Nicole Whiteman, development leader of packaging. —Alvey Systems, Inc. (St. Louis, MO): Thomas W. Roberts, dir. Great Lakes region, beverage account development and international operations. —Amcor Twinpak (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada): Nina Goodrich, gen. mgr., Amcor PET Technologies; Kirby Losch, dir., strategic planning and market development; Brian Walsh, vp, sales, marketing. —Great Northern Corp. (Appleton, WI): Jim Carlos, account mgr., container group. —Key Technology, Inc. (Walla Walla, WA): Stephen M. Pellegrino, dir., Eastern regional sales. —Clemson University (Clemson, SC): Ronald L. Thomas, chairman, packaging science dept., replacing Robert F. Testin, who retired as professor and chairman. —Sterling Group (New York, NY): Kelli Peterson, senior vp, client services. —Rex Corp. (Jacksonville, FL): Glenn Frindt, account executive; Charles Biddix, account executive. —Sharp Corp. (Conshohocken, PA): George K. Burke, Jr., president, CEO. —Techpack America (New York, NY): Daniel Rachmanis, worldwide managing dir., Techpack Make-up business unit. —Pillar Technologies (Hartland, WI): Scott Kessler, worldwide mgr., sales, Corona Treatment Systems; Charles Ballard, product mgr., Corona Treatment Systems. —Airopak Corp. (Manchester, PA): Steve N. Marinkov, account mgr. —Tipper Tie Inc. (Apex, NC): David Pierce, president. —Power Packaging (Delta, British Columbia, Canada): Rick Bobroske, partner, vp, sales. —Mac Dermid Graphic Arts (Atlanta, GA): Paul Merkel, marketing mgr., plates div. —Tropicana (Bradenton, FL): Robert D. Weick, dir. packaging eng. systems.