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Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA): John W. Consay, to replace retiree William J. Avery, CEO. —Multisorb Technologies, Inc. (Buffalo, NY): Mark E.

PMMI executive board officers: (from left) Charles D. Yuska, Bernard M. McPheely, Mel Bahr, Robert S. Potdevin.
PMMI executive board officers: (from left) Charles D. Yuska, Bernard M. McPheely, Mel Bahr, Robert S. Potdevin.

Celmer, president. —TownsendTarnell.com (Houston, TX): Scot R. Mitchell, COO. —GretagMacbeth (Regensdorf, Switzerland): Thomas J. Vacchiano, Jr., president, CEO. —PDC Intl. Corp. (South Norwalk, CT): Gary P. Tantimonico, vp; George W. Albrecht, national sales mgr. —HK Systems (Milwaukee, WI): Paul Probst, vp, Food and Beverage Center of Excellence. —The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI): Robert M. Beil, commercial vp, North America, polyolefins. —Captive Plastics (Piscataway, NJ): David Kincade, plant mgr., Peosta, IA. —TAPPI (Norcross, GA): Jim Cooper, vice chairman, Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div. Council; Jeffry J. Wooster, secretary®, Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div Council. —DuPont Cyrel® Packaging Graphics Products (Wilmington, DE): David Rashley, mgr., marketing, sales, Cyrel® Fast Systems. —Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc. (Chicago, IL): James Cannavino, gen. mgr. —Galil Motion Control (Rocklin, CA): Joseph Volpe, dir., sales. —BCM Inks USA, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH): Sumner M. “Sonny” Saeks, executive. vp, COO. —Deskey Associates (Cincinnati, OH): Warren A. Church, account executive. —Axon Corp. (Raleigh, NC): Randy Victor, dir., sales, Styrotech.

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