On the Move...

Published: February 01, 2004, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor

Patrick Morrissey is promoted to VP of sales at Creo Americas, Boston, MA.

Harold Bevis is named president and CEO of Pliant Corp., Schaumburg, IL. He joins the board of directors and replaces Ed Lapekas, who succeeds Timothy Walsh (who remains on the board) as non-executive chairman.

Jeff Robertson is now manager of the Splicing Business Unit at Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA.

Tim French is promoted to president and chief operating officer of PCL Packaging Corp., Barrie, ON, Canada.

Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC, appoints three new members to its board: Margaret Harper Kluttz, executive VP, Harper Corp. of America; R. James Harper, VP/chief customer officer, HarperScientific.com; and Arthur Ehrenberg, VP operations, Harper Corp./Green Bay.

Randy Pearson, president of Dynisco Extrusion, is appointed chairman of Plastics USA 2004, scheduled for September 28-30, at Chicago's McCormick Place.

Container Graphics Corp., Cary, NC, promotes Robert Dolby to managing director of the company's cutting form manufacturing businesses: Container Graphics Ltd., Accrington, England, and Container Graphics Mfg., Drogheda, Ireland.

Venture Coating Technologies, Elk Grove Village, IL, changes its name to D&K Coating Technologies. It is a sister company of D&K Group.

Michele Cole is promoted to president of Univenture, Columbus, OH.

NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, Reston, VA, presents the 2003 Harold W. Gegenheimer Awards for Industry Service to Gerald A. Nathe, president and CEO of Baldwin Technology (individual award), and to Bernal Inc. (member company award).

PCMC, Green Bay, WI, appoints a dedicated sales agency, Pre-Print Technology, Denton, Manchester, UK, to handle the eXtreme dryer retrofit applications in the UK and Ireland.

Bosch Rexroth, Lohr, Germany, reports the retirement of Winfried Witte as of April 30, to be succeeded by Manfred Grundke, now executive VP for sales automation and president of the Electric Drives and Controls business unit.

Bruce Underwood is now president of Alliant Co., Shelbyville, IN, a joint venture of Pliant Corp. and UK-based Supreme Plastic Group.

Bill Perry retires as president of Eurotherm Controls, Leesburg, VA. His successor is John Searle.