Appointments, promotions

—Hammer Lithograph (Rochester, NY): Hart Swisher, dir., innovation and technology; Andy Beach, mgr., technical services.

—Ameri-Seal Inc. (Chatsworth, CA): Sal Admon, account executive.

—Sato America, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA): J. Michael Fowler, gen. mgr.

—Klöckner Bartelt (Sarasota, FL): Harry van Beek, acting president; Jim Bradstreet, gen. mgr.

—Krones Inc. (Franklin, WI): Thomas Jordan, vp; George Mankos, senior project mgr.; Michael Skroblin, senior mgr., product and service.

—Glass Packaging Institute (Alexandria, VA): Joseph J. Cattaneo, president.

—R.A. Jones & Co. Inc. (Covington, KY): Boon P. Lim, regional account mgr., Asia-Pacific.

—Kroma Inc. (Lausanne, Switzerland): Peter F. Mulheran, president, Commercial Inks, North America.

—All-Pak, Inc. (Bridgeville, PA): Michael J. Lang, database, direct marketing specialist.

—Sonoco (Hartsville, SC): Kenneth B. Mason, staff vp.

—ITT Industries (Santa Ana, CA): David Myers, vp.

—Interroll Corp. (Wilmington, NC): Greg Matthews, product mgr., Driveroll Automation.

—Great Northern Corp. (Appleton, WI): David Cramer, customer service mgr., Container Group, Racine, WI.

—Pliant Corp. (Schaumburg, IL): Jack E. Knott, president, COO.

—Lamart Corp. (Clifton, NJ): Loretta Yatsko, customer service rep.

—Packaging Concepts & Design (Madison Heights, MI): David Rzepecki, sales.

—Sterling Group (New York, NY): William Vitriol, senior vp, new business development.

—Clariant (Charlotte, NC): Mark Potemans, vp, gen. mgr., Southwest region.

—Packaging Personnel Co. Ltd. (Green Bay, WI): Robin Huettl, full-time partnership.

—Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co. (Fairfield, NJ): Russell Garofalo, vp, sales and marketing; Mike Summersett, dir., operations; Ray Mollett, mgr., Southeast sales; Bill Green, mgr., Southwest sales.

—Plastics Color Corp. (Somerset, NJ): Len Rodriguez, vp, sales and marketing; Douglas A. Borgsdorf, dir., sales, central region; Skip S. Webster, dir., sales, Eastern region; Jeffrey M. Crume, dir., national market development.

—Printing Industries of America (Alexandria, VA): Shane Artim, mgr., communications; Kenneth Williams, database administrator.

—Nordson Corp. (Westlake, OH): James W. Messerly, vp, corporate research and technology; Rick Pallante, global product line mgr., paper and paperboard converting business unit.

—Gravure Assn. of America, Inc. (Rochester, NY): Rudy Wiesemann, technical specialist.

—Kraton Polymers (Houston, TX): Gary M. Spitz, CFO.

—Gibralter Packaging Group, Inc. (Hastings, NE): Mark Lessor, vp, sales.

—Creative Packaging Corp. (Buffalo Grove, IL): Jeff Toth, vp, sales and marketing.

—Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Dinah Sprouse, dir., trade show operations.

—Multisorb Technologies, Inc. (Buffalo, NY): Ronald D. Moscoe, vp, dir., operations; James V. Renda, vp, dir., sales and marketing.

—Serac Inc. (Carol Stream, IL): Mike Callahan, dir., sales and marketing.

—Carle & Montanari, U.S.A., Inc. (Raleigh, NC): Graham Nice, vp, sales and marketing.

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