People in the News.McElya named Cooper president Jim McElya was appointed president of Cooper-Standard Automotive. Prior to this appointment, McElya served as president of the company's fluid systems division. He served as president of Siebe Automotive Worldwide, which was acquired by Cooper in January. He joined the Siebe organization in 1996. Before joining Siebe, McElya was president of Handy & Harman Automotive and corporate vice president of its parent company, Handy & Harman. During his 22 year career with Handy & Harman, he held various executive management positions. He attended West Chester West Chester, borough (1990 pop. 18,041), seat of Chester co., SE Pa., W of Philadelphia; inc. 1799. Primarily residential, West Chester was long the trade and processing center for an agricultural region that is now mainly suburbs. University. TECHNICAL Harold Seger was named technical director of Patch Rubber. Bernard McNamara was named director of engineering, maintenance and facilities for the company. Melissa McDonald was named senior product safety specialist for Elementis Specialties. MANAGEMENT Lauren International named Kevin Gray Kevin John Gray (born January 7 1972 in Sheffield, England) is an English footballer, playing as a defender for Chesterfield. Football career He started his career at Mansfield Town signing as a trainee in July 1990 and had a successful 4 year period at "The Stags". president and COO. The company appointed Ted Gentsch director of information systems and Brian Kress project development manager. Rhein Chemie appointed Richard Cortelezzi vice president and chief technology officer. Martin Eble was named vice president and chief financial officer. The company appointed Siegfried Weber vice president and materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, officer. Thomas Wood was named director of corporate environmental affairs for Cooper Tire & Rubber. Francois Cornelis was appointed chairman of the board for Elf Atochem. Mark Burtschi joined Goodyear Tire & Rubber as director of federal and state affairs in the company's Washington, D.C. office. Clariant Masterbatches named Thomas Bernhardt vice president of its Canadian region and Steve Snow midwest vice president. Magnatech International appointed Shawn Anderson chief financial officer. Laser Measurement International appointed Cor Maas industrial sensors division manager. Lintech International appointed Dennis Gillespie vice president of business development. Henry Connolly was appointed business manager for tire products for Highland Industries. Derek Hook was named Latin American business director for Action Instruments. West Pharmaceutical Services named Christi Bradley general manager of GFI GFI Ground Fault Interrupter GFI Go For It GFI Government-Furnished Information GFI Growing Families International GFI Goodness of Fit Indices GFI Government Financial Institutions (Philippines) GFI Gross Farm Income Research Center. James Taylor was named general manager of Conoco's carbon fibers business unit. Cynthia Rousseau was named administrative assistant for ND Industries. Craig Johnson was named manager of color matching and point-of-sale systems support for Minolta. Weber Szinyei was named product manager of the nitrogen, sulfur and fluoride analyzer product line for Antek. APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture named Eric Ingram product development manager. SALES Michael McGeown joined Magnatech International as director of marketing and sales. Lintech International promoted Randy Waldman to vice president of sales. Highland Industries named Marshall Hobson vice president of sales. Todd McCurry was promoted to director of sales for woven products. Fred Noble was appointed vice president of marketing for Action Instruments. Kelleen Aguinaga joined West Pharmaceutical Services as senior account representative. Elementis Performance Polymers appointed Thomas Powers technical sales representative. Patch Rubber named Jeff Young sales manager for tire repair and retread re·tread tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads 1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. 2. products. Jim Davis was named west coast regional sales manager for the company. AWARDS 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, named the following John T. Parsons John T. Parsons (October 13, 1913 – April 19, 2007) pioneered numerical control for machine tools in the 1940s. This developments were done in collaboration with his employee Frank L. Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers: Jose Ruiz Ayala, Ford Motor; Matthew Davies, National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. ; and Steven Schmid, University of Notre Dame. OBITUARY Gerard Loyen, acting director of INRO in·ro n. pl. inro A small, usually ornamented box that is hung from the waist sash of a Japanese kimono and has compartments for holding small objects such as cosmetics, perfumes, or medicines. , died April 19. He was 55. Brewer named IISRP IISRP International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers president Thomas Brewer, general manager of Dexco Polymers, a Dow/ Exxon partnership, was elected international president of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers. Brewer succeeds Karl-Heinz Geigl, Dow-BSL Synthetic Rubber. Brewer graduated from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and joined Exxon Chemical's adhesives business unit in 1974. He held positions in manufacturing, technology, business planning and marketing. In the late 1980s, Brewer led efforts that brought about the formation of Dexco Polymers. He was named to his present position with the company in 1998. |
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