People in plastics: Week of Jan. 25, 2021

ACS GROUP — The auxiliary equipment maker in New Berlin, Wis., named Jason Spangler Northeast regional sales manager.

AGILYX AS — The chemical recycler in Oslo named Beatriz Malo de Molina chief financial officer, succeeding Russell Main.

COLORTECH — The manufacturer of color and additive concentrates in Morristown, Tenn., named Paul Pitman sales director and Steven Skaggs sales manager.

DIVERSIFIED PLASTICS INC. Tommy Wallace, president and owner of the rotational molder in Latta, S.C., received the Industrialist of the Year Award from The Dillon Herald.

EXCEL COMPOSITES PLC — The manufacturer of pultruded and pull-wound composites in Vantaa, Finland, named Marc Tagher area sales manager for North America.

FORMULA PLASTICS INC. — The injection molder in Tecate, Calif., named Tom Flannery president.

KRAUSSMAFFEI AG — The machinery manufacturer in Munich named Bharat Sharma vice president of its Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore.

LIQUI-BOX CORP. — The supplier of bag-in-box flexible packaging in Richmond, Va., named Colin Benzie business development manager for New Zealand.

NELIPAK CORP. — The thermoformer in Cranston, R.I., named Pat Chambliss CEO, succeeding Roger Prevot, who will remain chairman.

PRECISION CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC. — The injection molder in DeGraff, Ohio, named Brett Paulins senior vice president and chief operations officer, Andrew Gilardi product development manager and Katie Beatty accounting manager.

PROTO LABS INC. — The injection molding and computer numerically controlled machining firm in Maple Plain, Minn., elected Robert Bodor CEO and president, effective March 1, succeeding Vicki Holt, who is retiring.

PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES LLC — The solvent-based purification recycler in Orlando, Fla., named Duston Olson chief manufacturing officer.

REHAU INC. — The pipe maker in Leesburg, Va., named Thomas Troeger CEO.

SALINA VORTEX CORP. — The dry bulk handing equipment provider in Salina, Kan., announced that Kevin Peterson plans to retire at the end of January. During his 25 years with Vortex, Peterson held positions including marketing director, special projects director, regional sales manager and business development director.

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS — The professional society in Danbury, Conn., named its Honored Service Members award recipients as Adrian Merrington, quality leader of Trinseo SA, and Robert Weiler, North America sales manager and product line manager for nonhalogen flame retardant of Amfine Chemical Corp.

SPARTECH LLC — The manufacturer of packaging, rollstock materials, specialty products, and visual and structural sheet in Maryland Heights, Mo., named Suzanne Fenton senior marketing communications manager.

STEER ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. — The polymer processing machine manufacturer in Bangalor, India, named Subodh Jindal CEO.

TECHMER PM LLC — The compounder in Clinton, Tenn., named Erika Mitchell supply chain vice president.

WITTMANN BATTENFELD GMBH — The injection molding and auxiliary equipment manufacturer in Kottingbrunn, Austria, announced Wolfgang Roth, head of application engineering, with Valentina Faloci, head of sales in Kottingbrunn, to jointly direct product experts to encourage cooperation between its sales and application engineering departments.


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