AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL — The trade group in Washington named Mitchell Toomey vice president of sustainability and responsible care.
CARBIOS — The green chemistry company using enzyme-based technology to recycle PET plastic in Clermont-Ferrand, France, named Pascal Bricout chief strategy and financial officer. Chief Scientific Officer Alain Marty received the Biocat Award in the industry category. This award recognizes his significant achievements in the field of enzymatic recycling of plastics and PET fibers.
CHROMA COLOR CORP. — The color concentrates maker in McHenry, Ill., named Joel Neely account manager Midwest.
CORNERSTONE BUILDING BRANDS INC. — The exterior building products manufacturer in Cary, N.C., named Colleen Pritchett president of U.S. windows.
DAVIS-STANDARD LLC — The extrusion systems manufacturer in Pawcatuck, Conn., named Raje Dwaraka chief financial officer.
EMBALLATOR AB — Kent Viitanen, president of EMEA for the packaging firm in Phoenix Way, England, will become CEO, effective January 2023.
EVOLVE ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS — The additive manufacturing production equipment producer in Minnetonka, Minn., named Jeff Hanson vice president of sales and marketing.
GILMAN BROS. CO. — The foam board manufacturer in Gilman, Conn., named Susan Acevedo strategic sales leader.
GRAHAM PACKAGING CO. INC. — The blow molder in Lancaster, Pa., named Rolfe Olsen president of beverages.
INDEVCO NORTH AMERICA INC. — The maker of plastic film and packaging in Doswell, Va., named Demetri Papachristopolous vice president of sales and marketing.
KRAUSS-MAFFEI CORP. — The machinery maker in Florence, Ky., named Mike Gunner automation vice president and Dan Rozelman territory sales manager.
PACCOR GMBH — The rigid packaging producer in Düsseldorf, Germany, named Kilian Braunsdorf CEO, succeeding Andreas Schuette, who is stepping down.
PACUR LLC — The custom sheet extruder in Oshkosh, Wis., named Jason Eckel senior vice president of sales and marketing.
PLASTIC DESIGN CORP. — The injection molder in Scottsdale, Ariz., named Jeff Kyle CEO.
REIFENHÄUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK — The film machinery maker in Troisdorf, Germany, awarded Lukas Seifert of the Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University its sponsorship prize for his special research achievement in his master's theses dealing with the use of invertible neural networks in the injection molding process. Ulrich Reifenhäuser, chief sales officer of Reifenhäuser Group, was awarded the Georg Menges Prize 2022 for outstanding services to the transfer of research results into industrial practice.
SIMCO-ION — The manufacturer of static control components in Hatfield, Pa., named Cat Early head of its engineering team and Jesse Whiteside an application engineer technician.
SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS — The professional society in Danbury, Conn., named Matthew Harthcock its foundation's new chair, succeeding David Kusuma, whose term ends June 30, 2023.
TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA) INC. — The film extruder in North Kingstown, R.I., named Ken Kurokawa chairman and CEO with Christopher Roy president and chief operating officer. Both succeed Michael Brandmeier, who is retiring from Toray Plastics (America) while taking on a new role as deputy chief representative and executive vice president at Toray Industries America.
TRINSEO PLA — The global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber in Berwyn, Pa., named Han Hendriks chief technology officer.
TURF CUSHION INC. — The manufacturer of shock-absorbing underlay in Dalton, Ga., named Chris Pavlansky director of sales and marketing and Megan Cox product and brands manager.
VIKING PLASTICS — The injection molder in Corry, Pa., named Shana Bailey marketing manager.
ENCINA, a producer of renewable chemicals and fuels from waste plastics in The Woodlands, Texas, named Leslie Hess to its board. ... MAYZO INC., an additives maker in Suwanee, Ga., named Doug Hartman director of sales and customer care. ... XEIKON AMERICA INC., a digital printing equipment maker in Itasca, Ill., named Kent Wolford sales director labels North America.
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