People Progress… (January 31, 2008)

Mississauga, Ont.-based resin supplier PolyOne Distribution Canada, Inc. has named Phil Lem to the position of account manager. He can be contacted at tel: 905-271-8402, or at fax: 905-271-8591.

Saint Laurent, Que.-based Plastifab Industries has announced several organizational changes. Plant manager Angelo Cianci has expanded his operational responsibilities to include process and product improvement; Johnny Lapadula has been appointed to operations manager, which includes customer service, production scheduling/planning and logistics; and Sal Sorice has been named general manager of administration, responsible for company administration and the quality department.

Customized solutions provider Stanmech Technologies Inc., of Burlington, Ont., has named Judith Steward as customer service representative. Stanmech is the master distributor for Leister in Canada.

Blown and cast film extrusion systems manufacturer Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation, of Lincoln, R.I., has appointed Nick Nigro to the position of product sales manager – extrusion systems.

Dr. Karlheinz Bourdon has been named managing director of the Injection Moulding Machinery (IMM) division of KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH in Munich. Dr. Bourdon moves to KraussMaffei from Milacron, where he was president of global plastics machinery, responsible for Milacron’s worldwide operations in injection moulding, blow moulding and extrusion machinery.