Misumi USA, Inc. appoints Masanori Suzuki president. It also appoints Misa Nishimura director of marketing and inside sales and hires Dwayne Roark as senior marketing manager for the Factory Automation Group.

Masanori Suzuki Misumi USA, Inc.

Flint Group hires Charles Knott as CEO. He will succeed Dave Frescoln, who will become deputy chairman of the company's boards.

Dragon Rouge, U.S. names Marcus Hewitt to the newly created position of chief creative officer.

Brian Wellinghof Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc.

DS Containers names Matt Kuehn as director, technical services.

Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. promotes Brian Wellinghoff to director, L3 Journey.

Display Pack, Inc. promotes David Korhorn to director of business development.

Great Northern Corp. hires Erik Haugen as an account manager with its Consumer Packaging & Display operations.

Omron Electronics, LLC appoints Gregg A. Holst as COO and president, filling a 10-month-long vacancy created by the death of the previous COO and president.

Bemis Co., Inc. elects Henry J. Theisen to the position of president and COO and promotes Robert F. Hawthorne and James W. Ransom to vp of operations. Theisen has served as executive vp and COO for Bemis Co. since 2003.

Gregg A. Holst Omron Electronics, LLC

FKI Logistex® appoints Chris Roach to the new position of vp, customer service, FKI Logistex North America.

Crown Holdings, Inc. names David R. Underwood president, Crown Food Packaging-North America. He previously served as President, Crown Aerosol Packaging USA, and succeeds Raymond L. McGowan, who was recently promoted to president of Crown's North American Packaging business.

DE-STA-CO appoints Pamela Okopny marketing communications manager.

Chris Roach FKI Logistex®

Multivac, Inc. hires Jason Bohn as regional sales manager, handling clients in the food industry. His territory includes ND, SD, NE, WY and CO.

Zeller Plastik, Inc., U.S. Division of Global Closure Systems, hires Pat Harrington to head strategy and market development.

Stäubli Robotics hires Scott Collier as regional sales manager, responsible for covering the west coast including AZ, CA, OR, WA and NV.

Surefil LLC, a contract manufacturer of liquid-filled products for the personal care and medical industries, hires Marique Ryzebol as account manager.

Pat Harrington Zeller Plastics, Inc.

Yupo Corp. America appoints Akeo Sawayama president and CEO, succeeding Masahiko Yano, who recently retired.

IWKA, the parent company of KUKA Roboter GmbH, to which KUKA Robotics USA also belongs, is now called KUKA AG. The new KUKA AG, which has its headquarters in Augsburg, Germany, is in charge of KUKA's operations worldwide.

Ameri-Seal, Inc. moves to a new 33,000-sq-ft building in Chatsworth, CA (the same city where its previous building was located) and has added a slitter and seamer area.

Smyth Cos., Inc. purchases the Printing Division of Stoffel Seals Corp.

Esko and Artwork Systems complete their merger transactions. The new combined business will go forward under the EskoArtwork brand.

FANUC Robotics America, Inc. celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The Institute of Food Technology's Food Packaging Div. awards the Riester-Davis Award to Tom Powers, director of marketing and R&D at Multisorb Technologies in recognition of a lifetime of accomplishments in food packaging technology.

The call for entries for the 20th Annual DuPont Packaging Awards opens September 25, 2007, and winners will be announced in early 2008. A component focusing on sustainable packaging is being added to the program. Details will be provided in September.