People in the News.Buda named Harwick president/CEO Jeff Buda, a 13-year veteran of Harwick Standard Distribution and a 27-year veteran of the rubber industry, 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 Harwick Standard. Buda is succeeding E.M. Corbett, who retired after 30 years. Buda joined the company in Trenton, NJ in 1986. He then served as vice president of Boston sales beginning in 1987, becoming vice president of Akron, OH operations in 1993. In 1995, he was promoted to vice president of Akron sales. Buda received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical/pharmaceutical marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University, at Florham-Madison and Teaneck-Hackensack, N.J.; coeducational; incorporated and opened 1942 as a junior college, became a four-year college in 1948 and a university in 1956. in Teaneck, NJ. TECHNICAL Nabil Boufakhreddine joined Bayer as technical service specialist for Therban. Julie Gallagher and Colette Harrison joined Rapra as information officers for the electronic information group. Sally Humphreys was appointed technical editor for the technical information group. Joy Harrison joined Rapra as plastics materials technologist. MANAGEMENT Hans Kogelnik was promoted to executive vice president of Bayer and president of Bayer's polyurethanes division. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries named Takashi Nishioka president. Goodyear Tire & Rubber named Nelson Waynesboro general business manager for the Great Lakes region The Great Lakes region can refer to:
Meteor-Lauren named Tim Ashcraft operations manager See datacenter manager. . Union Carbide Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide) is one of the oldest chemical and polymers companies in the United States, and currently has more than 3,800 employees. appointed John Dearborn vice president, general manager of Unipol Systems. Rapra appointed David Highfield president of Rapra Technology. Will Barton was appointed vice president of manufacturing and technology for Flexsys. SALES Kurt Nygaard was promoted to executive vice president of sales for Hatwick Standard. The company hired John O'Neill John O'Neill may refer to:
Palmer Supplies appointed Mark Riemann sales manager. Spirex appointed Thomas Kegley, Stanley Mathery and Gil Yanez regional sales managers. Mike Spoonhower is calibration regional sales manager for Ametek Test and Calibration Instruments. Mike Duni was hired as director of sales for retail point-of-sales systems for Datacolor International. Patricia Loader was named accounting manager for Meteor-Lauren. Bruno Machinery Corp. hired R. Douglas Drummond as sales associate. AWARDS Witco named Peter Frenkel scientist of the year. Gary Williams, Owens Corning, received an award of merit from ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials standards writing committee D20. ASSOCIATIONS Naureen Stone, Uniroyal Chemical, was elected president of the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association. The Rubber Manufacturers Association named John Serumgard executive vice president. David Meeks, Imperial Tool & Manufacturing, was appointed chairman of the Plastics Molders and Manufacturers Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers The Society of Manufacturing Engineers [1] (SME) is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. SME is internationally recognized by manufacturing practitioners, companies and other organizations as a source for information, . James Albrecht, Dayton progress Corporation, was appointed chairman of the Association for Forming and Fabricating Technologies of SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. . Wolfgang Oplesch, Ashland Chemical Co., was appointed chairman of the Composites Manufacturing Association of SME. The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers elected Karl-Heinz Geigl, Dow/BSL, international president. James McGraw was appointed managing director of the IISRP IISRP International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers . The French-American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago named Samir Gibara, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, executive of the year. RETIREES John Weaver, BF Goodrich vice president and group vice president for textile and industrial proofings, announced retirement. Richard Killian will retire after three years as managing director of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers. M.A. Hanna names Ashkettle president Phillip Ashkettle was elected president/CEO of M.A. Hanna. Prior to his election, Ashkettle was president/CEO of Reichhold. During his tenure there, he increased sales from $800 million to $1.3 billion. Ashkettle will replace Martin Walker, interim chairman/CEO, who remain in position temporarily. |
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