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Fibers
New Management Teams In Place At Buckeye, Georgia-Pacific
Buckeye Technologies Inc. has established a new organization effective this month with a mission of bringing new products to the market on an accelerated schedule. Jeffery Cook, who has been appointed senior vice president, marketing, will lead the n…02.10.06
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New Senior Leadership Team In Place
Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, GA, which was recently purchased by Koch Industries, has put a new senior leadership team in place. Among the new leaders is Bill Caffey, who will serve as executive vice president, operations and compliance. The…02.10.06
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Three New Invista Board Members
As three Koch company executives accept roles at Georgia-Pacific Corporation and depart the Invista board of directors, three new Invista board members have been appointed. Jeff Gentry, president of Koch Mineral Services and Koch Industries, Inc…02.10.06
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Fibers
New President & CEO Of NatureWorks
Dennis McGrew became the new president and chief executive officer of NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, MN, a wholly owned business unit of Cargill, effective last month. NatureWorks is the first company to offer a family of commercially available polymer…02.10.06
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K-C's B2B President To Retire
Kimberly-Clark announced the 2006 retirement of Dudley Lehman, group president of its Business-to-Business (B2B) Group, which contains its external nonwovens business as well as the K-C Professional, Health Care and Partnership Products businesses. P…01.09.06
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Polymer Group Has Initiated Two Appointments
Polymer Group has initiated two appointments in its global medical business unit to support ongoing growth, including the addition of the company’s fully integrated medical production facility in Asia. Fernando Marin has joined the company as s…01.09.06
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Buckeye Technologies Has Made Management Changes
Buckeye Technologies has recently made several management changes. Among them, F. Gray Carter will become vice president, purchasing and logistics. Mr. Carter will lead Buckeye’s purchasing and logistics organization. In another recent pers…01.09.06
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Johns Manville
Michael Rosenzweig has joined Johns Manville as senior vice president, corporate development and general counsel. Mr. Rosenzweig, who will report directly to Steve Hochhauser, JM’s chairman, president, and CEO, will lead the company’s cor…01.09.06
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Wipes
Two Key Personnel Changes At Suominen Nonwovens
Two key personnel changes have taken place at Suominen Nonwovens. In the first, Sakari Santa-Paavola has been appointed vice president and general manager of Suominen Nonwovens. He has been working as commercial director of the company since early 20…01.09.06
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Avery Dennison Corporation
Avery Dennison Corporation has elected Kent Kresa non-executive chairman of the board of directors. As part of this planned transition of executive leadership, Philip Neal, chairman and former chief executive officer of Avery Dennison, is retiring fr…01.09.06
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Peter Krummeck Joins Sun Chemical Performance Pigments
Last month Peter Krummeck joined Sun Chemical Performance Pigments as director of sales-international. In this role, Mr. Krummeck will be responsible for all sales and sales-related activities outside of North America for coatings, inks, plastics and…01.09.06
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Commercial Development Manager At Adhesives Research
Thomas Rimel, Jr. is now commercial development manager at Adhesives Research. In this position, he is responsible for identifying new market segments and applications that would benefit from Adhesives Research’s high performance products and t…01.09.06
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Sales Chief For Enka tecnica, North America
Enka tecnica has named Petra Ferreira sales chief for North America. Ms. Ferreira joined Enka tecnica eight years ago as management assistant in the polyester spinning plant. Since then, she has worked in the inside sales department and most recently…01.09.06
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Bosch Rexroth Has Named Key Managers
Bosch Rexroth has named key managers for its new business initiative called Bosch Rexroth Oil Control, North America. Leading the new initiative will be Michael Boehm as director for compact hydraulics. Mr. Boehm has more than 20 years experience in…01.09.06
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Fibers
Lilly Joins Clopay As Global Business Director
Mary Jo Lilly has joined Clopay Plastic Products Company as a global business unit director. In this role, Dr. Lilly will support Clopay's strategic growth initiatives as a part of the global sales and marketing team. Dr. Lilly brings more than 20 ye…12.08.05
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Lysac Group, Inc. Has Named Chief Financial Officer
Sherley Gough, C.A., has been named chief financial officer of Lysac Group, Inc. Ms. Gough has nearly 20 years experience in senior financial positions and as a tax adviser. She will be responsible for all aspects of the company's financial managemen…12.08.05
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Electronics
Geoff Bennett will lead ARcare
Geoff Bennett will lead ARcare, a new division within Adhesives Research focused on the manufacture of highly customized, one-of-a-kind tapes, adhesive coated products, films and laminates for customers in the pharmaceutical, medical, electronics and…12.08.05
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Basell Holdings Has Named Chief Financial Officer
Alan Bigman, senior vice president of Access Industries, has been named chief financial officer of Basell Holdings, succeeding Wolfgang Mende. Mr. Bigman will also be a member of the company's management board. Mr. Mende, CFO and member of the manage…12.08.05
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Apparel | Fibers
New Chairman of the American Fiber Manufacturers Association
William Ghitis has been named chairman of the American Fiber Manufacturers Association. Vice president of apparel for Invista, Mr. Ghitis succeeds Walter Hubbard, CEO of Honeywell Nylon. Vice president of Unifi-SANS Technical Fibers, Zach Z…12.08.05
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DuPont Nonwovens Names New VP and GM
Matthew Trerotola has been named vice president and general manager of DuPont Nonwovens, the world’s second largest nonwovens producer. Formerly business director, industrial solutions—DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise, Mr. Trerotola r…11.15.05
