MOVERS & SHAKERS

Davis-Standard, LLC announces that James P. Vescio is promoted to vp and chief information officer of Davis-Standard GmbH in Erkath, Germany, and Frank-Uwe Schulz is appointed managing director.

Rexam appoints Leslie Van de Walle to succeed Lars Emilson as chief executive. He will join the board before the end of this year and take over as chief executive on Feb. 1, 2007.

Triangle Package Machinery Co. introduces Bob Williams as its new vp of sales and marketing.

Bob Williams Triangle Package Machinery Co.

Acucote, Inc. adds Richard J. Attalla as specialty films marketing manager.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. names Colin Fernie vp and gm of Smurfit-MBI, its Canadian corrugated-container operation.

Eastman Kodak Co. names Karl Post as senior manager, customer development, for its Graphic Communications Group.

FleetwoodGoldcoWyard appoints Mike Herbeck as director of project management.

Kliklok-Woodman adds Rich Camps as strategic account manager, vf/f/s systems, for the mid-central and eastern U.S. and Canada.

BrandLogic adds Jack Vogler to its management team as senior vp of Consumer Branding.

Shibuya-Hoppmann promotes Gary March to executive vp of sales and Michael East to executive vp of manufacturing/engineering.

Standard-Knapp, Inc. adds Jim Mulligan as senior design engineer.

Parsons-Eagle Packaging Systems appoints Jamie Hart as eastern regional sales manager.

Jamie Hart Parsons-Eagle Packaging Systems

R Tape Corp. names Michael W. Roughton as president.

FKI Logistex® appoints Tim Fedrigon as vp, human resources.

Goodwin hires Renée Rubertucci as director, client services.

Huston Patterson hires Carl Mount as client-services manager for the southeast territory that covers states from VA to FL.

Yupo Corp. Japan promotes Shigeru Takano from senior managing director to president.

Avery Dennison Retail Information Services appoints Philip Calderbank as director of marketing—RFID and Security.

Yupo Corp. America promotes Marty Fiorillo to vp of distribution, sales and marketing; Andrew Madden to vp of sales, thermal, p-s labels and general label applications; Ed Burtner to vp of manufacturing; and Mike Licata to director of technical services.

Philip Calderbank Avery Dennison Retail Information Services

GROWING & GOING

Klöckner Pentaplast will gain 5,000 tons of shrink-film capacity when a new $6.4-million tentering line for shrink-label films goes onstream in Rayong, Thailand, in early 2007.

Schneider Electric consolidates its motion expertise, launches motion-competency center in Plymouth, MI.

Hassia USA, which encompasses the sales and service support for the A+F Automation and Gasti product lines, combines all of its sales and service organizations under the new corporate name, IWKA Packaging USA.

Eriez Magnetics adds 30,843 sq ft to its Erie, PA, plant.

BUYING & ALLYING

Pro Mach, Inc.'s Brenton Eng. Div. has acquired the Currie Machinery Co., a leading provider of palletizing systems and material handling equipment.

Dover Corp. to acquire Markem Corp.

ETI Inc. Converting Equipment and Nordson Corp. use complementary technologies in narrow-web converting to help label manufacturers reduce costs as much as 70 percent.

UFP Technologies, Inc. acquires Stephen Packaging Corp.

The Sun Chemical Group acquires Envoy Communications Group Inc.'s U.K. subsidiaries ECG Holdings (UK) Limited, Watt Gilchrist Ltd. and Parker Williams Design Ltd. for CAD $27 million.

Kliklok-Woodman® announces an alliance with Alko Intl., newly formed from Flexi-Vel, to represent Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

ASSOCIATION ACTIONS

The Flexographic Technical Assn. is accepting entries to its 2007 Excellence in Flexography Awards Competition. For information, visit www.flexography.org/excellence07.cfm

D&AD calls for entries to its 2007 awards. Visit www.dandad.org

CHEERS

Fogg celebrates 50 years of doing business in the filling industry.