Movers & Shakers

ELAU AG names Norbert Gauss CEO.

Multivac, Inc. names Dan Mack product manager for its FormShrink® and vacuum skin packaging systems.

Curtis Packaging appoints Robert Johnson CFO.

Delkor Systems, Inc. names Ken Sullivan director of marketing.

DE-STA-CO promotes Leo McAuliffe to president of automation.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. appoints Matthew Mullarkey CEO.

Maxcess International promotes Ron Schmidt to vp market development.

Gefran names Ed Downey business development manager for automation products, Ron Pszenyczny Midwest regional salesperson for motion products, Peter Rauch application engineer for motion products, Gordon Hayes Southeast regional sales manager for components and Jennifer DeLucia customer service rep.

Enercon Industries Corp. promotes Ryan Schuelke to director of sales, induction sealing systems.

Ferro Glass Systems appoints senior scientist Sean Weir to the newly created position of product manager, SpecTruLite® organic inks and coatings.

Wide Packaging Inc. appoints Betti Ann Catino director of product development.

Sonoco promotes Robert Puechl to division vp and general manager, rigid plastics.

Alloy Polymers, Inc. names Charles Chiappone CEO.

PMMI names Jason Bian director of its Shanghai, China office.

ZORK USA names Mario Carofanello sales director.

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection names Rick Bollinger strategic accounts manager, pharmaceutical.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. names Chuck Schott central region vp of manufacturing, container div.

Gallus Inc. names Brian Bishop president.

Growing and Moving

Cermex opens an end-of-line machinery assembly plant in Beijing.

Air Motion Systems, Inc. relocates to a 36,000-sq-ft facility in River Falls, WI.

PolyOne Corp. forms PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, based in Tokyo.

USA Strategies, Inc. launches a digital division.

The Label Store UK acquires a 18,300-sq-ft facility that will increase its manufacturing capacity by more than a third—and names Trevor Christie store business manager and Steve Parsons store technical manager.

Multivac, Inc. forms a rebuilding and remanufacturing unit and names Tom Ritter director.

The Paperboard Packaging Council relocates its headquarters to Springfield, MA.

JVC Disc America Co. changes its name to JVC America Inc. to reflect its expansion into services such as supply chain management, contract packaging, fulfillment and reverse logistics. More than 540,000 sq ft of capacity is being added at a distribution facility in Atlanta.

Buying and Allying

Crown Holdings, Inc. licenses Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. to manufacture and sell its SuperEnd® beverage ends to the Japanese market.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. acquires a 90-percent interest in Fresno, CA-based Calpine Corrugated LLC.

BASF Corp. becomes a distributor of commodity styrenics in the U.S. and Canada for M. Holland.

KIK Custom Products sells its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Santa Fe Springs, CA, Rexdale and Etobicoke, ON, Memphis, TN, Auburndale, FL and Salem, VA, to Angelo, Gordon & Co.'s Net Lease Group for $30.4 million.

Ball Corp. licenses its oxygen scavenger patents to INVISTA.

Selig Sealing Products acquires Unipac, previously a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc.

International Paper acquires Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling business.

Saddle Creek Corp. will provide warehousing and rainbow packaging services and manage case-pick operations for Hornell Brewing Company Inc. at a facility under construction in Lakeland, FL.

Unifoil Corp. buys a new DFK precision sheeter from Maxson Automatic Machinery and expands production capacity to meet increased demand for custom registered holographic and recyclable packaging and printing materials.

A. Schulman, Inc. says it's seeking a joint venture partner or other strategic arrangement for its Invision® sheet line business. The product line features a durable, decorative surfacing technology said to provide cost-effective and environmentally sensitive material solutions.

Cheers

Mark Andy Inc. receives the Governor's Excellence in Exporting Award from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. The honor recognizes organizations that increase export-related jobs in the state or heighten exporting awareness.

Menasha Packaging's Food Group receives plant certification from the American Institute of Baking Intl. that the food-contact packaging for its bakery market products is safe for consumers.

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. receives the Distinguished Safety Award from the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. for operating without occupational injuries or illnesses in 2007.

NPTA Alliance honors Network Services Co. chairman and CEO Jim Alexy with the Stanley O. Styles Industry Excellence Award.

Dunwoody College of Technology dedicates its new Harper Center of Graphics Technology to longtime donors Ron and Katherine Harper, founders of Harper Corp. of America.