People

Published: February 01, 2010

• Richard Roth joins Disc Graphics, Hauppauge, NY, as its chief strategy officer.

• ARC Intl., Charlotte, NC, names Michael Calvano territory business manager for the Midwest.

• Paul Dempster is appointed director, Medical Imaging and Factory Automation, at the Toshiba Imaging Systems Div., Irvine, CA.

• Catalent Pharma Solutions, Somerset, NJ, names Robert Romance director of environmental health and safety (EHS) for the Printed Components business.

• Kiki Chosid is the new customer service manager at Conversource, St. Louis, MO.

• Former TAPPI president Dr. Isaiah (Sy) Gellman, an environmental scientist and engineer who retired as president of the National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI) in 1995, died on December 10 in New York City at the age of 81.

• Actega Wit, Lincolnton, NC, adds Diego Romero to the technical sales staff as international sales representative. Eric Knowles joins the technical sales staff to cover North Carolina and Virginia.

• Ken Koldan, a new business development manager for the Product Identification Team at FLEXcon, Spencer, MA, is nominated and elected chairperson of the UID (unique identification) Supplier Alliance (USA) Committee.

• Extrusion Dies Industries, Chippewa Falls, WI, appoints Robert Deitrick director of sales in North, Central, and South America.

• Todd Blumsack is promoted to VP of sales for Xeikon North America, Itasca, IL.

• Tapemark, West St. Paul, MN, promotes Steve Rau to VP of technical operations.

• At Bunting Magnetics, Newton, KS, Molly Taiclet is promoted to division controller and Robert Turner, ACA, becomes financial director of Magnet Applications Ltd. (MAL).