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Re-Election Of Board Members
The Nomination Committee of absorbent hygiene product manufacturer SCA has proposed the re-election of board members Rolf Borjesson, Soren Gyll, Tom Hedelius, Anders Nyren, Sverker Martin-Lof and Jan Astrom. Indra Asander has declined re-election. Th…04.18.06
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Two New Chemists Join Michelman
Two new chemists have joined Michelman as the company focuses on research and development in preparing to expand its product offerings. Talia Collins has assumed the position of senior research chemist responsible for new business development and Mic…04.18.06
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Apparel
Datatex TIS, Inc.
Datatex TIS, Inc., a software supplier specializing in textile and apparel applications, has announced the recent hiring of Bob Beecy as director of U.S. marketing. Mr. Beecy will be working at the U.S. headquarters located in Alpharetta, GA and will…04.18.06
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Fibers
Freudenberg Executive Announces Retirement
Peter Stehle has retired after 15 years as a member of the management board of Freudenberg & Co. KG, Weinheim, Germany. His colleagues Jörg Sost and Martin Stark have taken over responsibility for business in seals and vibration control…03.10.06
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Suominen Corporation Appointed New President and CEO
Kalle Tanhuanpää has been appointed president and CEO of Suominen Corporation as of May 2006. Mr. Tanhuanpää comes from Huhtamäki Oyj, where he was an executive committee member and where he had responsibility for global…03.10.06
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Education
Tidland, Camas, WA, Has Recruited Peter Wood
Converting specialist Tidland, Camas, WA, has recruited Peter Wood as slitting product manager. Mr. Wood will join the Maxcess management team to lead the introduction of new slitting technology and education to meet the changing needs of the convert…03.10.06
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Wipes
Rockline Industries
Joel Slank has joined Rockline Industries as director of operations at its Springdale, AR facility. Mr. Slank is expected to complement the company’s world class manufacturing team in Springdale with his extensive experience in nonwovens m…03.10.06
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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
