People in the News.Rathbun, Lancaster open plant in GA Pinnacle Elastomeric Technology, a manufacturer of fluoroelastomer compounds, custom mixing, chemical and color dispersions, opened in November in Braselton, GA. Co-founders Bob Rathbun Bob Rathbun is a sports television announcer. He has been the announcer for the Atlanta Hawks basketball games on FSN South since 1996. He is currently partnered with Steve Smith. and Dennis Lancaster each have over 25 years experience in the rubber industry. Rathbun spent sixteen years with Cabot and most recently was vice president of marketing for Elastomeric Technologies, the parent company of Preferred Rubber Compounding and Crossville Rubber. Lancaster was a technical service development manager for molded products at Cabot. Along with mixing capabilities, the company offers technical consultation services to fluoroelastomer users. Pinnacle has a 7,500 square foot climate controlled facility and a complete testing and development lab facility with ODR ODR Online Dispute Resolution ODR On-Demand Routing ODR One-Definition Rule (C++) ODR Octal Data Rate (high speed memory interface transfers 8 bits of data per clock cycle) ODR Office of Dispute Resolution and MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. rheometers. TECHNICAL IMMIX im·mix tr.v. im·mixed, im·mix·ing, im·mix·es To commingle; blend. [Back-formation from Middle English immixte, past participle of immixten, to intermingle with Technologies has appointed Roger Faulkner senior polymer scientist. Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. J. Brennan appointed Nakia Yvonne Poole quality control technician and Faulkner Stamatis Varymbopis chemical production technician. Yokahama Tire named Donald Bunn technical director. MANAGEMENT Theo Krapels was named president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DuPont Dow Elastomers, succeeding Donald Duncan Donald F. Duncan, Sr. (June 6, 1892 - May 15, 1971) was an American entrepreneur and inventor and founder of the Duncan Toys Company. Donald Duncan is most commonly associated with Yo-yos; the commercial success they enjoyed during the 20th century in the United States, and who retired after 36 years. Cooper Tire & Rubber elected Thomas A. Datillo to the board of directors. Bayer named John F. Shock vice president, administration and controlling for its plastics and polyurethanes divisions, and Donald Folajtar general manager of Hennecke Machinery, a unit of the company's polyurethanes division. Bayer also appointed John B. Houston vice president, specialty business group, polyurethanes. Rapra Technology Ltd. named David Highfield president of its U.S. subsidiary. Carl Mondoro was named vice president and general manager of Degussa-Huls' advanced fillers and pigments division. Global Stone appointed Scott Wilson Scott Wilson may refer to: A person's name:
James A. Kolinski was appointed CEO of HPM HPM High Power Microwave HPM Health and Productivity Management HPM Hyper Page Mode HPM Human Performance Modeling HPM High Pressure Mercury HPM Hazardous Production Material (1997 Uniform Fire Code) HPM Human Potential Movement . Goodyear Tire & Rubber named Jocelyn S. McClendon communications manager, minority affairs. Crossville Rubber named Tom Szymanski vice president of operations. Gladwyn Lagman was promoted to executive vice president for Charles Ross Charles Ross can refer to:
Ronald L. LaRose joined ART as director of the composites materials division, and Lavera Johnson was named vice president, human resources, for the company. Michael Worthington was appointed treasurer of Continental General Tire. George A. Murphy joined Witco as director of integrated services, human resources. Osmonics appointed Michael Bolton general managers of its Milwaukee operations. Richard Park joined IMMIX Technologies as corporate quality manager. Freudenberg-NOK named John S. VanAlstyne vice president and general manager, new business development. Datacolor International named Birgit Schick business area manager. Nick Darin was appointed controller for Cadillac Plastic. Dan Hirsch was named business manager of Dragers Safety's gas detection products. Columbian Chemicals appointed Jim Berresse senior vice president, finance and business development and Gabe Mezei senior vice president for the Latin American and Asian regions. Paul J. Wilhelm was elected to the board of directors of Union Carbide. Sartomer promoted Joseph Marinelli to plant manager for its West Chester, PA manufacturing facility. Roger Arnold, Bertha Arnold, John Vornhagen and Linda Vornhagen were named to the board of directors for Puritan Systems. Zumbach Electronics named Kevin J. Weaver service manager of its operations in the U.S. Federal-Mogul appointed Robert Lesko assistant controller, corporate finance, and Gino Martini managing director, sealing systems, Italy and France. The company named Emerson Carr business improvement manager, general products, Rocco Petrilli managing director, sintered sin·ter n. 1. Geology A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring. 2. A mass formed by sintering. v. sin·tered, sin·ter·ing, sin·ters v. products, America and Frank Garcia general manager at the Weston Center in Flordia. SALES Alpha Technologies appointed Wayne Synder vice president, sales, North America. Advanced Polymer Alloys named Joe Reed automotive marketing specialist. Wolff Walsrode, a unit of Bayer, named Gerd C. Wagner business manager, cellulose ethers, and Patrick V. Rossiello corporate account manager, cellulose ethers EMS-Chemie (North America) appointed Ralph Owens sales manager of its EMS-Primid activities. Pilot Chemical hired Glenn Goertzen as distributor manager and Mark Bryant as regional sales manager. The company appointed Ann Halverson to run the Chicago area sales territory and Jim LaBar will run the inside sales department. Les Johnston joined U.S.A. Switch as OE/OES OE/OES Lubricating Oil, Internal Combustion Engine account manager. Federal-Mogul appointed James Burkhart vice president, strategic planning and marketing, and Edward O'Leary vice president, aftermarket sales and distribution. John Dolder was named special accounts sales manager, and Catherine Gallagher was appointed Carquest sales manager for the company. Peter Horn was named industrial sales manager, and Don Reimondo was named director, heavy-duty sales for Federal Mogul. AWARDS Steven W. Forster of the Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway received the 1998 Prevost Hubbard Award, presented annually by the American Society of Testing and Materials Committee D-4 on road and paving materials. A member since 1978, Forster was given the award for distinguished leadership and standard-swriting contributions to the committee. The Inter-Society Color Council selected Danny C. Rich to receive its Nickerson Service Award. The award is designed to recognize outstanding long-term contributions toward the advancement of the committee and its aims and purposes. John R. Hall, who retired from Ashland in 1997, will receive the Petrochemical Heritage Award for his outstanding contributions to the petrochemical community. Roy Vagelos, formerly chairman and CEO of Merck & Company, will receive the 1999 Othmer Gold Medal from the Chemical Heritage Foundation for his enduring contributions to our chemical and scientific heritage. Garland T. Duke, Jr., a pioneer in the aircraft retreading industry, and Pauline Chambers Yost, president and CEO of Tech International, have been inducted into the International Tire Retreading and Repairing Hall of Fame. Yost is the first woman to receive this honor since the Hall of Fame's inception in 1985. ASSOCIATIONS Timothy F. Burns was named executive director of the Vinyl Institute, a business unit of The Society of the Plastics Industry Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. SPI's members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment . The Inter-Society Color Council elected Henry Hemmendinger and Joy Turner as honorary members. Al Melillo was named the chairman of the 1999 AAIW AAIW Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week AAIW Antarctic Intermediate Water AAIW Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll story) Show Committee. Jed Billings, a Rubber Pavements Association director and former RPA RPA Remote Patron Authentication RPA Rural Payments Agency (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) RPA Replication Protein A RPA RNAse Protection Assay RPA Regional Plan Association RPA Random-Phase Approximation secretary, was elected Arizona State Director for the National Asphalt Paving Association. RETIRES Jack L. Florin, director of advertising and promotion for Kelly-Springfield, retired March 1. |
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