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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Multivac (Kansas City, MO): Michel L. Defenbau, CEO, Multivac North and Central America.—Klöckner Medipak (Clearwater, FL): Dirk Briskorn, president; Bill Whitesel, vp of operations; Paul Williams, vp, sales, marketing and service.—Slautterback Corp.

(Monterey, CA): Fred C. Erler, president.—BluePrint Automation, Inc. (Colonial Heights, VA): Martin N. Prakken, CEO.—Hirschhorn &Young Inc. (New York, NY): Beverly Hirschhorn, retired as president and founder. She will be replaced by Holly Young.—Key Technology, Inc. (Walla Walla, WA): Teri A. Johnson, vp/gen. mgr. of automated inspection systems.—Amcor Twinpak North America (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): John R. Dale, vp and group gen. mgr., Amcor Rigid Plastics.—Arrowhead Conveyor (Oshkosh, WI): R. Dudley Dorrell, vp and gen. mgr.—Pak-Sher Co. (Kilgore, TX): Don James, vp, marketing.—Sterling Group (New York, NY): Jeffrey Wolfson, president, strategy group.—M.A. Hanna Co. (Cleveland, OH): Michael L. Rademacher, vp, plastics Americas.—BST Pro Mark (Elmhurst, IL): John Thome, vp, marketing; Ray Castle, vp, operations.—Cognex Co. (Natick, MA): Arvin B. Creef, Jr., dir., end-user sales, Modular Vision Systems Div.—Clariant Masterbatches Div. (McHenry, IL): Jay Lindstrom, dir., marketing; Theresa O’Neill, global industry leader.—Advantage Puck Ltd. (Worcester, U.K.): Kurt Sieber, president, Advantage Puck Group.—Magpowr (Fenton, MO): Peter Kos, mgr., Northeast territory.—Bosch-TL Systems (Minneapolis, MN): Kerry Fillmore, senior product mgr., cartoning systems div.—Alvey (St. Louis, MO): Steve Robbins, mgr., OEM sales.—Duralam (Appleton, WI): Gregory Otto, mgr., marketing/technical sales.—Uhlmann Packaging System (Towaco, NJ): David Stirt, sales project engineer.—Bostik (Middleton, MA): Michelle Kascak, technical dir., Calhoun, GA, facility; Johnny D. Smith, mgr., Southeast U.S. regional sales, automotive and industrial div.—International Paper (Memphis, TN): Richard J. Lacana, gen. mgr., Global Packaging Machinery Business.—Creative Packaging (Buffalo Grove, IL): Darren Tharp, mgr., regional sales; Robert Davis, mgr., regional sales.

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Conveying Innovations Report
Editors report on distinguishing characteristics that define each new product and collected video demonstrating the equipment or materials as displayed at the show. This topical report, winnowed from nearly 300 PACK EXPO collective booth visits, represents a categorized, organized account of individual items that were selected based on whether they were deemed to be both new, and truly innovative, based on decades of combined editorial experience in experiencing and evaluating PACK EXPO products.
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