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Sonoco (Hartsville, SC): Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., COO.

PMB-UVA, Inc. (Richmond, VA): George van Bergen, president.

Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc. (Bridgewater, NJ): Daniel W. Miller, CEO.

Maxcess Intl. (Oklahoma City, OK): Bruce E. Ryan, CEO, replacing J. Richard Webb, who resigned.

Balluff, Inc. (Florence, KY): Kent Howard, president, CEO.

Topwave Industries Ltd. (Marietta, GA): Stephen Caldwell, president, COO.

Doran Scales (Batavia, IL): Philip H. Lewis, president.

Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL): James D. Morris, vp, gen. mgr., protective and flexible packaging; Pete Lazaredes, vp, gen. mgr., foodservice, supermarket and institutional packaging business group.

Rex Corp. (Jacksonville, FL): John Gambardella, vp, sales and marketing.—Nordson Corp. (Amherst, OH): Herb Turner, vp, powder coating systems; Dave Mancuso, vp, container systems.

JM & Co. (Philadelphia, PA): John L. Giordani, vp, packaging div.

Vision Packaging Systems, a div. of CMD Corp., (Green Bay, WI): Margaret Valinski, mgr., territorial sales; Gary Ferguson, mgr., territorial sales.

Indigo (Woburn, MA): Emile Tabassi, mgr., Northeast region; Brett Rowley, mgr., Western region; Vince Pentella, mgr., Omnius national sales.

CCL Container (Chappaqua, NY): Matthew Ronzone, mgr., Midwest regional sales; Fred Spohr, dir., marketing.

Ampacet Corp. (Tarrytown, NY): Guillermo Quijano Fals, mgr., Latin-American sales.

Fleetwood, Inc., a Barry-Wehmiller co. (Romeoville, IL): Mick Godfrey, dir., European sales office.

Seal-It, Inc. (Farmingdale, NY): Brian Metzger, mgr., national accounts.

Brookdale Plastics (Plymouth, MN): Jeff Tullbane, sales.

Graham Packaging (York, PA): Toshiki Kojitani, dir., intl. business development, PET plastic container business.

The 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance (New York, NY): Russell Currey, chairman, marketing committee.

West Pharmaceutical Services (Lionville, PA): Robert S. Hargesheimer, vp, gen. mgr., contract mfg. and packaging; William F. O’Dell, vp, global marketing.

Cozzoli Machine Co. (Plainfield, NJ): Dennis LaBarbera, dir, sales and marketing.

The PopStraw Co. (Detroit, MI): Roy Robinson, dir., marketing and sales development.

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