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Extrusion Dies Industries LLC, Chippewa Falls, WI, puts James F. (Jamie) Foederer in charge of direct sales in the northeast US and eastern Canada.

CFC International Inc., Chicago Hts., IL, reports CFC-Northern Bank Note Co., Countryside, IL, officially will begin using CFC Intl. Inc.'s corporate identity. This is part of the company's growth and worldwide efforts to market itself under one identity.

API Foils expands its manufacturing facility in Lawrence, KS. The expansion will include the addition of the finishing and distribution departments, now located in Lenexa, KS.

Kurz Transfer Products L.P., Charlotte, NC, adds The Hot Stamp Co. and Navratil Assoc. as sales rep. firms to market an expanded line of Plastics Decorating products.

Linda Welty is named chief operating officer at Flint Ink, Ann Arbor, MI.

Sun Chemical Corp., sub. of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands, opens an ink manufacturing facility in Marki, Poland, near Warsaw.

Hueck Foils, Wall, NJ, appoints Joanne McCartney Yonce healthcare sales specialist. She will cover the healthcare customer base in the Northeast.

DuPont, Wilmington, DE, announces the scientists named to receive the Lavoisier Medals of Achievement for 2003: Dr. Richard Rees; Dr. L. John Hoffbeck; Dr. Rolando Pagilagan; and Dr. Rudolph Pariser. This medal is the highest honor of science excellence awarded by DuPont.

Esko-Graphics, Kennesaw, GA, appoints Paul Angelsky industry development manager.

RadTech, Chevy Chase, MD, gave Mike Idacavage, UCB Chemicals, the President's Award at the RadTech Winter meeting. Idacavage is editor-in-chief of the association's trade journal and heads the committee managing its biennial Technical Conference.

The D&K Group, Elk Grove Village, IL, welcomes Nigel Mison as national sales manager.

Joel Kendrick becomes operations manager of the newly completed Paper Coating Pilot Plant at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. The plant is fully operational and open for business.

Announcing a name change is grafiKontrol America, York, PA, now known as grafikAmerica. The company represents seven European manufacturers of quality control technology for the printing and packaging industries.

At the Bleached Board Business of International Paper, Memphis, TN, Jeffrey A. Hearn is named VP and general manager and Carl L. Bumgardner is named director — sales and marketing.

Stace Maier, superfinisher at Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC, receives the first “Going the Extra Mile” award for hard work and dedication to the company.

Cope Engineering (Radcliffe), Manchester, England, and Emerson & Renwick Ltd., Lancashire, England, reach an agreement in which Emerson & Renwick has exclusive rights to sell and manufacture the complete range of E.D. Warburton rewinders and core extractors.

Flexo Wash ApS, Skodstrup, Denmark, sells US distributor Flexo Wash Inc. to a partnership headed by Jan Bendixen and Michael Potter for an undisclosed sum. The new company, Flexo Wash LLC, will be located in Louisville, KY.

Eurotherm Gauging Systems, Billerica, MA, changes its name to EGS Gauging Inc. and unveils a new logo and corporate identity program.

Perma-Flex, Salisbury, NC, adds Bruce Anderson as salesman for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, eastern New York, and Rhode Island.

Dennis Mahlin is promoted to general manager at the St. Louis, MO, facility of B.W. Johnson Mfg. Co.

Jeffrey Koppelman, president of Gans Ink & Supply Co., Los Angeles, CA, is elected president of the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM).

Richard Williams, recently retired chief scientific officer at Presstek Inc., Hudson, NH, is selected as the 2003 recipient of the Rochester Institute of Technology Cary Award. The award is presented to individuals that have distinguished themselves in the development or application of digital technology in graphic communications.

Pálmi Möller is named VP of information technology for Stora Enso North America, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The co. adds its Duluth, MN, paper mill and recycled pulp mill will reduce their workforces by 40 positions as officials reorganize the mills' work process. The cuts will come from the mills' production and maintenance areas and are effective immediately.

Econo Products Inc., Rochester, NY, names Robert Merrill VP of sales and marketing.

John Michelman is named chairman of the board and Steve Shifman becomes president at Michelman Inc., Cincinnati, OH.

Curtis Papers Inc. is discontinuing operations at its Milford, NJ, paper mill with three paper machines and associated converting equipment. The co. continues its mills in Port Huron, MI, and Adams, MA.

ABM Greiffenberger Antriebstechnik GmbH, Marktredwitz, Germany, establishes the ABM Drives Inc. business unit in Milford, OH, to serve the North American market.

John Huber is named area sales manager for the central and southwest territories of Latran Technologies, Bedford, MA.

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