PEOPLE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 11/1/2000

DISTRIBUTORS

Newark Electronics named Donald Klink vice president and chief financial officer and appointed Ian Heller vice president of marketing ... Pentacon, Inc. appointed Robert L. Ruck president of Pentacon Aerospace Group and senior vice president of Pentacon, Inc. ... Glenn Fischer succeeds William Rice Jr., who is retiring, as president and chief operating officer of Airgas, Inc. ... EFC International welcomed Reno Fricano as Chicago Branch Manger ... Central States Industrial Supply appointed David Leger market manager of Process Controls ... New Dominion Equipment, Co. added three sales managers: Shannon Chaney will be regional sales manager for Charlotte, N.C. Cary "Chip" Hall III will be regional sales manager for waste and recycling equipment in Richmond, Va. Jeff Kellum will be regional sales manager for central North Carolina and southern Virginia ... Galco Industrial Electronics promoted Michael Conwell to general manager and named Karen Mandarino director of operations and information technology ... Kenneth Crosby Companies hired David C. DeGraff as vice president of operations ... Viking SupplyNet named Paul Cress national product manger and Kevin Kane territory manger for the Northwest U.S. ... IMARK Group appointed John S. Nason vice president of development ... Strategic Distribution, Inc. appointed Ronald C. Whitaker president and chief executive officer after the resignation of John Sergey . Sergey was president and chief executive officer and director ... Applied Industrial Technologies elected Bill Purser president and chief operating officer ... Keith E. St. Clair resigned as Metals USA's senior vice president and chief financial officer to join a business-to-business startup company ... The Bostwick-Braun Co's industrial department promoted Dave Gallegly to supply channel manager ... Kaman Industrial Technologies promoted David H. Mayer to vice president of marketing ...

MANUFACTURERS

Amsted Industries, Inc. named Steven S. Duerwachter president of Baltimore Aircoil, Co. Duerwachter named Timothy P. Facius vice president of marketing and sales in North America for Baltimore Aircoil, Co . ... The Stanley Works appointed John (Jack) H. Garlock, Jr. president of Stanley Doors. Garlock was most recently president of Porter-Cable/Delta ... JLG Industries, Inc. appointed Roy V. Armes and Raymond C. Stark members of its board of directors ... Black & Decker, Corp. announced president James J. Roberts has resigned to join The Stanley Works as president of its hand tools business ... DE-STA-CO Industries appointed Steve Marcus to vice president of operations and named Tom Stimac product manager for its Industrial Product Group ... George Blackburn has been named the sales team leader for a newly created sales region for ... Powers Fasteners, Inc Kennametal Greenfield Industrial Products Group . named Philip T. Rose vice president of sales and marketing and appointed Ray Williamson director of engineering ... Bostik promoted Michael F. Hoban to industry manager for its Insulating Glass Sealants Group ... Coleman Cable announced Mike Bousquet will become Eastern regional vice president for the electrical distribution channel and appointed Kathy Jo Van vice president of business development for its Wire & Cable Group ... Cattron International Ltd. appointed Scott Lowdermilk to the sales department ... LA-CO Industries, Inc./Markal, Co. named John F. Hardin president and chief operating officer ... Interior Products, Inc. added sales reps Tim Hoffman and Mark Clark ... IDEX, Corp . appointed Rodney L. Usher vice president-group executive for pump businesses and David Windmuller vice president-group executive of its industrial product businesses ... Roy Gavit has been appointed national sales representative for Flex North America ... Alloy Products Corp. appointed Edward Kennedy regional sales manager for the East Coast ... Magline, Inc. appointed Mike Razminas new product development & research manager...

SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY

Niels Bo Theilgaard joined Navision Software as vice president of product marketing and product management ... Adept Technology, Inc. promoted Joachim Melis to managing director of Adept Germany, appointed Mike Rountree to director of operations for its Santa Barbara facility, and appointed Maili Bergman its director of investor relations ... Efinity, Inc. announced that Charles W. McBrayer joined its board of directors. McBrayer was former chief financial officer of PairGain Technologies, Inc. ... Baxter Planning Systems announced the appointment of Ray Thurston as its new chairman.