People in the News.Rhein Chemie names Wolfgang Kober president Wolfgang U. Kober has been appointed president of Rhein Chemie Corp., which manufactures and sells additives and specialty products for the rubber, plastics and lubricant oil industries. Rhein Chemie is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayer Corp. Kober joined Rhein Chemie Rheinau in Mannheim, Germany in 1989 where he recently served as head of corporate planning. Before joining Rhein Chemie, Kober worked with Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Technology and Innovational Research and with Hewlitt Packard. TECHNICAL Terry Ramey joined French Oil Mill Machinery Co. as an electrical engineer. Herbert Laubner was named engineering manager/Meteor liaison for Meteor-Lauren Automotive Sealing Systems. The company has also named Richard Meier Richard Meier (born October 12 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is an influential, contemporary American architect known for his rationalist designs and the use of the colour white. and Neal Yoder process engineers. Jerry Fetters fet·ter n. 1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet. 2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters 1. To put fetters on; shackle. was named pr9ject manager for Meteor-Lauren. S.S. Newaz, on loan from Bayer Corp., is instructing two courses at the University of Houston. Newaz will instruct Polymer Chemistry Polymer chemistry or macromolecular chemistry is a multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules. and Fundamental Organic Chemistry. Bayer named Jerry Phelan director of rigid foam within its polyurethanes division. NFM NFM Nebraska Furniture Mart NFM Network File Management NFM Network Fault Management NFM No Further Message NFM Near Field Monitor NFM National Firearms Museum (Fairfax, Virginia) NFM NATOPS Flight Manual NFM Northern Fowl Mite Welding Engineers has appointed R. Edward Wykoff director of process and compounding technology. MANAGEMENT S.G. Gibara, W.J. Hudson, Jr., W.C. Turner and M.D. Walker were reelected to Goodyear Tire & Rubber's board of directors. Richard O'Dell was named plant manager of Goodyear Tire & Rubber's Topeka, KS plant. Don Heath Don Heath (Born 28 September 1944 in Stockton-on-Tees) is a former football Outside Right. Beginning his football career as an apprentice at local club Middlesbrough in 1962, Heath did not play first team football until he signed a professional contract with Norwich City. was named operations manager See datacenter manager. of that plant. Tony Shakespeare was named manager of racing operations for Goodyear Tire & Rubber. David Rashleigh has been named president of The Biltrite Corp., footwear products division. Gary Reed was appointed vice president-polymers of Aristech Chemical. Joseph Treiber was appointed vice president of engineering at ASHA. David Simons was appointed to chief financial officer and corporate secretary of Dunn Tire. Wacker Wacker may refer to:
synthetic rubber, rubber - any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber Division. Tony Lumb was named managing director for Eagle-Picher Automative's Fluid Systems, Ltd. M. McGreer was appointed to general manager of the Client Education Division of Atlas Electric Devices. SALES Bongani Mncwango was named marketing manager for Ingersoll-Rand's Waterjet Business Unit. Maurice Hall has joined Daimler-Chrysler as account manager for NRI NRI Nomura Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan) NRI Non-Resident Indian NRI Natural Resources Institute NRI National Resources Inventory NRI Networked Readiness Index NRI Natural Resources Inventory NRI National Research Institute activity. The Wardwell Braiding Machine Co. appointed Ralf Kraemer as sales director of its German subsidiary, Schnellflechter Berlin, GmbH. Aeroglide Corp. has elected Tom Mix as vice president of international sales. Dennis Jasinski joined Polymerics, Inc. as senior sales representative. Kurt Heinzelman has been hired as technical sales representative for Datacolor International. John Puekett was hired as national sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for International Marketing, Inc. Randy Jarvis was promoted to sales manager of distribution for the Boston Weatherhead Division of Dana Corp. Sara Liebowitz joined Longwood Elastomers as sales representative for the northeast U.S. Atlas Electric Devices Co. has appointed Jamie Chesler as marketing associate. AWARDS Thomas Robertson, Southwire, received the 1998 Arnold H. Scott Award from ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials Standards Writing Committee D-9. Gary Williams, Owens Corning, received a 1999 ASTM Award of Merit from Standards Writing Committee D-20. Roy Cain, Poly-Spec, was awarded a 1999 Award of Merit from ASTM Standards Writing Committee E-13. The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers awarded-Jacques Noordermeer, DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. Elastomers in The Netherlands, with its Institute Technical Award. Takeshi Takizawa, Nippon Zeon in Tokyo, received the IISRP's Institute General Award. ASSOCIATIONS John Wu has been named database administrator for the Rubber Manufacturers Association. ASTM elected several new board members. They are as follows: James Pierce, chairman; Donald Marlow, vice chairman; Richard Schulte, treasurer; Robert Moyer, director; James Myers, director; Gale Page, director; Arthur Schwope, director; Eugene Zeller, director. RETIREES Hubertus von Grunberg, Continental AG Hannover, Germany, retired. OBITUARIES Walter C. Klingel, 85, founder and chairman of the board of TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). Industries in Clearwater, FL died March 31 in Ocala, FL. A graduate of the Newark College of Engineering, Klingel held more than 12 U.S. patents and trademarks. RELATED ARTICLE: Corbett leaving Harwick Standard E.M. "Gene" Corbett, Jr., president/CEO of Harwick Standard Distribution, has announced retirement after 30 years of service with the company. Corbett began his career with Harwick Standard in 1970. He was promoted to vice president of sales in 1981 and was appointed president/CEO in 1995. In September 1997, Corbett led the sale of Harwick Chemical's manufacturing business. He headed the company's restructuring to concentrate on the distribution of raw materials as Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation. Jeff Buda, a 13-year Harwick veteran, will succeed Corbett as president/CEO. |
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