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Alvey Systems, Inc. (St. Louis, MO): Douglas M. Westerman, dir., Central Region; Bruce Bleikamp, account mgr., Major Account Development; Steven Cohron, account mgr., Major Account Development; Hank Kirk, account mgr., Major Account Development.

—George Gordon Associates, Inc. (Merrimack, NH): Paul Fox, mgr., sales of Layer Pac™ line of equipment; Michael J. Coughlin, mgr., sales.

—International Paper (Purchase, NY): Michael J. Balduino, senior vp, marketing and sales.

—Marq (Yakima, WA): Rocky Marquis, president; Mike Milligan, mgr., parts and services; Jim Hansen, coordinator, inside sales.

—Motoman, Inc. (Dayton, OH): Casey DiBattista, gen. mgr., Yaskawa Motoman Canada, Ltd.

—GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA): Lorrie Norrington, president, CEO.

—The Frain Group (Addison, IL): David Eggleston, COO.

—FLEXcon (Spencer, MA): Rick Harris, mgr., packaging sales and marketing; Donald Ryel, mgr., packaging business team.—Pactiv Corp. (Lake Forest, IL): Greg Kubisiak, consulting professional, Hexacomb® honeycomb paper team.

—Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Alexis de la Rosa, dir., intl. trade programs; Jim Pittas, dir., expositions.

—Techpack America (New York, NY): Christine Menard, dir., sales.

—The Packaging Education Forum (Arlington, VA): Edward J. Bauer, PEF board member, senior dir., packaging, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA; Ed Lerner, PEF board member, mgr., packaging and process development, Welch Foods, Inc., Concord, MA; Glen Long, PEF board member, vp, sales and marketing, Packaging Technologies, Davenport, IA.

—Packexpo.com (Falls Church, VA): Randall B. Taussig, vp, new business development.

—Alvey Systems, Inc. (St. Louis, MO): Stephen Ackerman, president.

—Accu-Sort Systems (Telford, PA): Ron Wurz, senior vp, sales, service and systems.

—Toray Plastics, Inc. (East Providence, RI): Yasuo Abe, president; Yusuke Orito, executive vp.

—Novopoint™ (Minneapolis, MN): Robert Schult, CEO.

—Shorewood Packaging (New York, NY): Gregory Chup, mgr., product development.

—Enercon Industries Corp. (Menomonee Falls, WI): Dan Nimmer, vp, operations; Rick Hammen, vp, product development; Gerard Makovec, mgr., intl. sales.

—Sekisui TA Industries, Inc. (Garden Grove, CA): Stephen J. Wilson, vp, marketing.

—CFC Intl. (Chicago Heights, IL): Kurt Glaser, senior vp.

—Packaging Concepts (Madison Heights, MI): Sally Boor, mgr., marketing.

—TricorBraun (St. Louis, MO): Suzanne L. Fenton, dir., marketing.

—Packaging Machines Intl. (Elk Grove, IL): Eric Vorm, mgr., Midwest regional.

—IJ White (Farmingdale, NY): Don Osborne, vp, sales.—Sonics & Materials (Newtown, CT): George Wertz, mgr., North American sales; Tom Long, mgr., Western regional sales.

—Roberts PolyPro (Charlotte, NC): Bill Nethery, dir., packaging/converging solutions, intl. market; Richard Shumate, dir., packaging/converting solutions, Canada, Northeastern U.S., Northwestern U.S.; Craig Jasper, dir., packaging/converting, Southeast, Southwest; Andy Weil, dir., packaging/converting, Midwest.

—Magpowr (Fenton, MO): Bill Weil, mgr., Southeast territory.

—Elopak Inc. (New Hudson, MI): Dave Kaminski, senior area mgr., West Coast region.

—Label Makers, Inc. (Pleasant Prairie, WI): Michael Ryan, dir., sales and marketing.

—J&J Mfg. Co., Inc. (Beaumont, TX): Todd Langston, mgr., national sales, Mira-Pak div.

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