People Watch: Week of Jan. 23, 2023

Jun 18, 2023

ALPEK SAB DE CV — The chemical manufacturing company in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, named Jorge Young Cerecedo CEO, succeeding José de Jesús Valdez Simancas.

AURORA PLASTICS INC. — The PVC and capstock alloy compounder in Streetsboro, Ohio, named Tim Huskey chief operating officer.

BALDWIN TECHNOLOGY CO. INC. — The manufacturer and supplier of process automation equipment in St. Louis named Adina Starke regional sales leader for the West Coast United States.

BOREALIS A/S — The resin maker in Lyngby, Denmark, named Michael Schenk vice president of treasury and funding.

CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC — The middle-market private investment firm in Boston named Mitchell Grindley an executive adviser. Grindley was previously chairman at Plaskolite LLC.

GE ADDITIVE — The additive design and manufacturing unit of General Electric in West Chester, Ohio, named Alexander Schmitz CEO, based in Munich, succeeding Riccardo Procacci.

HILLENBRAND INC. — The global diversified industrial company in Batesville, Ind., named Carole Phillips senior vice president and chief procurement officer.

LANZATECH NZ INC. — The carbon capture and transformation company in Chicago named Joseph Blasko general counsel and corporate secretary.

LUXIT GROUP — The automotive lighting supplier in Farmington Hills, Mich., named Gene Spektor vice president of sales, marketing and communication.

MINDEROO FOUNDATION LTD. — The philanthropy organization in Broadway Nedlands, Australia, named Marcus Gover to lead its No Plastic Waste initiative.

PETCORE EUROPE — Christian Crepet, executive director of the PET value chain trade group in Brussels, has assumed an ambassador role and joined the board.

PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION — The Washington-based trade association named Anthony DiGrado digital affairs manager.

TECHNOFORM NORTH AMERICA — The profile extruder in Twinsburg, Ohio, named Betsy Covington marketing specialist.

UPONOR NORTH AMERICA INC. — The pipe extruder in Apple Valley, Minn., named Matt Bahr vice president of sales, based in Washington, D.C., and Erica Amévo vice president of human resources, based in Minnesota.

VANDEMARK CHEMICAL INC. — The manufacturer of phosgene-based products and intermediates in Lockport, N.Y., named Jim Elliott CEO.

Briefly ...

ANCA USA, a CNC grinding machines manufacturer in Wixom, Mich., named Amanda Bakun marketing and communications manager for the Americas. ... CATEMER INC. material scientist Barry Arkles, founder of the developer of biocompatible polymeric materials for medical devices and therapeutics, located at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center in Doylestown, Pa., received the John Scott Award, given by the board of directors of city trusts of Philadelphia to men and women who contribute significantly to the "comfort, welfare and happiness of human kind." ... CATO INSTITUTE, a public policy research organization in Washington, named James M. Lapeyre Jr., the CEO and president of plastic conveyor belt maker Laitram Corp., its chair, succeeding Robert Levy, who stepped down. ... CHROMA TECHNOLOGY CORP., a optical filter manufacturer in Bellows Falls, Vt., named Chris Karp sales director. ... INTEGREON GLOBAL, an alternative legal and business services firm in Short Hills, N.J., named Michael Hays president, succeeding Maurice Barakat, who will assume the role of executive chairman and CEO. ... IST AMERICA CORP., an ultraviolet curing equipment provider in Shorewood, Ill., named Martin Dieumegarde senior technical sales specialist. ... PHYSICAL PROPERTIES TESTERS GROUP, a producer of testing instrumentation and quality control technologies in Halifax, England, named Andrew Jesudowich vice president of sales for the Americas. ... SANITIZED AG, a producer of natural odor-management, antimicrobial hygiene function and material protection for textiles and polymers in Burgdorf, Switzerland, named Martin Cadek chief technology officer for its Competence Centre for Technology and Innovation. ... ZEPPELIN GMBH, a plant engineering services firm in Garching, Germany, named Fred Cordes managing director of Zeppelin GmbH Group, succeeding Michael Heidemann, who plans to retire in 2023.

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