PEOPLE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 9/1/2000

DISTRIBUTORS

Bostwick-Braun Co. appointed Bill Bollin as chief executive officer and announced John F. Harbal II will join the company's board of directors. Harbal succeeds Samuel G. Carlson who is retiring from the board after 30 years ...McGill Hose & Coupling named Kevin A. Smith its engineered products manager ...Marmon/Keystone promoted Linda D. McCue to vice president of human resources and promoted Chris Lehman to telemarketing supervisor. Kathy Dunn and Michael Slater will fill inside sales positions ...Drago Supply Co. named Charles C. Horton to the new position of vice president of sales ...R.L. Hudson announced Stacy Cureton is account manager for its Southeast sales and distribution region ...H & C Tool Supply hired Bob McLean as sales application specialist ...Contract Freighters, Inc. chose Fran Hagen as regional sales manager for the Pennsylvania and Delaware areas. Erik Williams is regional manager for its Maryland, Virginia and W. Virginia areas ...Custom Service Hardware, Inc. named Dale Kaetterhenry as director of factory outlet operations ...Precision Industries hired Eric Hoge as director of the electrical group and appointed Ron Haase to the new position of vice president of contract compliance. Sheri Viner was hired as human resources director ...Premier Farnell PLC's Newark Electronics unit named James Ure as chief technology officer of e-commerce and assistant vice president of Internet technology and systems...

MANUFACTURERS

Interlake Material Handling, Inc. named Michael L. Gonzalez president and chief executive officer. He replaces Dan Wilson who resigned to pursue new ventures ...Red Valve Co., Inc. hired Tivona Schlindwein as marketing assistant ...Rothenberger USA recently announced that president Terry A. Strange will resume the responsibilities of former chairman and chief executive officer Harold J. Simmons III. Simmons died May 18 in California ...ASCO Power Technologies, L.P. appointed Donald K. Blackman to vice president of marketing and strategic business development ...Standard Abrasives selected Bill Ward to be its manager of national and integrated accounts ...Taymar Plastics appointed Bruce Kelly as vice president of sales and marketing/operations ... MagneTek named Richard Pratt as president and general manager of its drives and systems division ...Illinois Tool Works elected Philip M. Gresh, Jr. to executive vice president. Gresh succeeds F. Ronald Seager who recently announced his retirement ...CDF Corp. named Robert Fougere as chief financial officer ...Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. founders A.H. Peterson and A.F. Siebert have been inducted into the Tools of the Trade Hall of Fame ...Georgia Metal Coatings Co. named David R. Billet its general manager. He succeeds John Resnis, who retired. ..CTS Corp. named Chang-Min Sohn sales manager of its Korea branch and appointed David T. Ciembronowicz to director of worldwide sales for its Wireless Components, Inc. division. Alan B. Bennett was named director of sales and marketing for the CTS Reeves Frequency Products business. Jeannine M. Davis has been elected to the CTS Corp. board of directors and named executive vice president administration. Davis recently served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of CTS Corp. Richard G. Cutter III, CTS general counsel, will assume Davis' administrative duties ...Regal-Beloit Corp. selected Duke N. Sims as group vice president within the mechanical group ...Burkert USA chose Hal J. Reisiger as president ...Dresser Instrument named Steve Culmone vice president of American operations and Scott Kluender as director of global performance improvements. Jim Cummings is vice president of the newly formed advanced products group ...Yuasa, Inc. chose Nathaniel B. Webb and George D. Porter to fill two marketing positions in its motive power division. Webb is marketing director for Exide-brand lift truck batteries and Porter is marketing manager for Exide products ...Interlake T.M. Smith Tool International Corp. appointed Jon P. Jourdannais as manager of production control ...Hydro-Line, Inc. announced Ward Newton will be regional sales manager of its Southwest territory, covering Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas ...Wells Lamont Industry Group named Richard Shaw to the new position of director of operations ...Interior Products hired Stephanie Sorrells to be its marketing and advertising manager ...Stone Construction Equipment, Inc. promoted Richard "Dick" Nisbet to vice president of manufacturing and Ray Kaszniak to regional manager of its Midwestern territory. Hired as district managers are Terry Sullivan and Ted Pappas. Sullivan's area includes the mid-Atlantic and Pappas' the South. ..Scott Technologies, Inc. named Robert A. Lodi vice president and general manager of Scott/Bacharach Instruments LLC. Lodi replaces John A. Kazour who has left the company ...AB SKF appointed George Dettloff as president of CR Americas, SKF Seals Division ...Ames-True Temper promoted Keri Moore to the new position of graphics and advertising manager for Amesrand True Temperrbranded lawn and garden products ...Pass & Seymour/ Legrand announced the promotion of Cookie Caloia to marketing communications manager ... EPTAC Corp. named Bonnie Gentile its new director of training ... Nylok Fastener Corp. appointed Tom Richards quality assurance manager at its Michigan manufacturing facility...

SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY

Redwood Systems named James Taylor information technologies director of 3PL Redwood Systems, Inc ...nPassage appointed three vice presidents: Chris Larkin, product development; Lloyd Sanford, client services; and Robert Wallace, business development ...USF Logistics named Robert Endemann vice president and general manager, retail. Lonnie Turner was named general manager, international ...HotSamba appointed James Johnson vice president of market development ... ShipLogix selected Mike Cutone as vice president of operations and Vincent Chiodo as vice president of business development for its East region. ..PSDI appointed Peter J. Rice executive vice president of finance and administration, chief financial officer and treasurer ...G5 Technologies named Michael W. Macrie

its director of business development ...Coughlin Logistics appointed Sue Pavlak chief operating officer.