People… (January 01, 2008)

Cincinnati, Ohio-based machinery supplier Milacron Inc. has hired Brian T. Bishop as vice president of marketing, global plastics machinery. He will report to Bob Simpson, president of Milacron’s global plastics machinery division. Bishop was most recently president of the Demag Plastics Group, and previously held leadership positions at HPM and Engel Machinery.

Blow molding equipment supplier W. Amsler Equipment Inc., of Richmond Hill, Ont., has named John Kowal to the position of blow molding projects manager. Kowal will be responsible for promoting and selling PET stretch blow molding equipment and ancillaries to the Canadian market.

Additive supplier Teknor Apex Company, based in Pawtucket, R.I., has named Ghislaine Verd as sales representative for colour concentrate and specialty compounding sales in Quebec and Ontario.

Hose and duct manufacturer The Novaflex Group has added another account manager and sales representative to their team. Carole Gazaille, based out of Novaflex’s Flex-master subsidiary in

Pointe Claire near Montreal, Quebec, will be responsible for the company’s HVAC products, industrial duct, Lindab product line, as well as the Z-Flex line of products.

The Extrusions Systems Group of Pawcatuk, Conn.-based Davis-Standard LLC has appointed Roger Clarke to

Injection molding machine manufacturer KraussMaffei has named Marcus Schramm to the new position of production and technology manager. the position of sales engineer for the sheet/foam/reclaim/ single screw compounding product groups. His territory will include the western provinces of Canada.

Process cooling supplier Frigel North America, of Lake Zurich, Ill., has hired Bill Lewis as its marketing manager. Lewis, most recently involved with marketing for the Association of Rotational Molders International, will be responsible for overseeing all Frigel marketing communications and sales support programs.