MOVERS & SHAKERS

Accraply promotes Rob Leonard to executive vp.

Lenze-AC Tech promotes Mark E. Baker to vp of information technology.

Beckhoff Automation hires Kenneth Harbin as a sales engineer in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Jeff Johnson as an application engineer in WI; Rich Lester as an application engineer in TX; Niels Ouwersloot as a sales engineer in CA and Erik Soeder as an application engineer in Cleveland, OH.

Motoman, Inc. hires John P. Donlon as vp of U.S. Sales.

Bemis Co. names Scott Ullem vp of Finance.

Hapa-Laetus, Inc. appoints Christopher W. Anderson area sales director for the Northeastern U.S.

Pregis Corp. names Thor Petersen as director of its distributor program.

  Sun Chemical names Felipe Mellado chief marketing officer and Bradley

Schrader vp of strategy and business development.

The Reusable Packaging Association appoints Jerry Welcome president.

Rockwell Automation names Ralph Carter president for Rockwell Software.

Sonoco names Sean Cairns general manager of its European Consumer Packaging business.

Applied Robotics promotes Bill Nizolek to business development manager.

Rexam appoints Misha Riveros Jacobson managing director, Personal Care Div., Plastic Packaging.

GROWING & GOING

Schneider Electric North integrates Citect into its complete automation and control solutions offering.

Caraustar Industries, Inc., consolidates its two operations in Saginaw, MI, into one new facility in Saginaw.

HP opens a new HP Indigo distribution center in Hayward, CA.

TriEnda LLC locates a manufacturing operation in Marion, IN.

BUYING & ALLYING

DYMAX Corp. acquires Tridak.

Mocon, Inc. partners with Clemson University and Sealed Air Corp. to support the new Cryovac® Fla-vour Mark® retort laboratory.

MWV forms a joint venture with India-based corrugated box manufacturer Wadco Packaging Pvt. Ltd.

Berry Plastics Corp. acquires Erie County Plastics Corp.

PAC Machinery Group acquires Clamco Corp.

Euroimpianti SpA acquires C&D Robotics, Inc.

BASF acquires Ciba shares from Bestinver Group.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. acquires Xi'An Hengsheng Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Xian, China.

Display Pack forms a joint venture with Global Packaging Solutions and opens a West Coast facility in Riverside, CA.

CELEBRATING

Amcor, Ltd. is named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index tracks the performance of sustainability-driven companies worldwide, providing reliable, objective benchmarks for asset managers with sustainability portfolios.

Diamond Packaging is named a “Supplier of the Year” by the Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati.