PEOPLE IN THE NEWS.

Associated Rack Adds to Its Staff

Associated Rack Corporation, Chicago, IL, has announced four personnel additions. Billy Wesson, Jr. has assumed production supervisor responsibilities for the company's South Eastern Rack division, Vero Beach, FL. Dan Slater, has joined Custom Industrial

Rack's sales team, Lynwood, CA. He will assume the sales and engineering responsibilities for Orange and San Diego Counties plus the Santa Clare Valley. Jim Kemmerer will service Eastern Pennsylvania and upper New York, handling sales and engineering for National Rack of Paterson, NJ. Joe Ayres will do sales and engineering for the Able Rack division, St. Louis, MO.

Challenge Names Senior Sales Rep

Challenge, Indianapolis, IN, has added Mark Egan as senior sales representative. He will cover the territories of central and southern Indiana, central and southern Ohio, as well as northern Kentucky.

Gensystems Increases Customer Support

Gensystems Inc., New Bremen, OH, has promoted Lisa Piper as inside sales coordinator for its Stamco Division. Ms. Piper will be facilitating improved communications between field sales staff, internal staff and North American customers to better address their needs.

Leeman Names Director of Customer Service

Leeman Labs, Inc., Hudson, NH, has appointed Elizabeth L. Laughlin as director of customer service. Her focus in customer satisfaction will include optimizing service response, reducing the time for instrument repair and providing the maximum uptime for instrumentation operation.

Raabe Hires Production Manager and Sales Rep

Raabe Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI, has announced the hiring of Matthew Piette to production manager and the appointment of Kevin James to sales service representative. Mr. Piette is responsible for all manufacturing functions, including aerosol and liquid filling, packaging, blending and the company's match department. He is also responsible for the procurement of new equipment and is instrumental in identifying and implementing improvements to manufacturing equipment. Mr. James is responsible for maintaining and servicing the company's customer base throughout the northeastern United States.

Spraylat Adds to Its Sales Division

Spraylat Corporation, Gainesville, TX, has added Bob Greywitt to its sales division. He will handle industrial powder and liquid sales in the Southeast U.S.

Rheometric Scientific Announces Promotion and New Hires

Rheometric Scientific, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, has promoted Sean Kohl to director of domestic sales. He will be relocating to the company's Piscataway, NJ, corporate headquarters. The company has added Jeff Eubanks to replace Mr. Kohl in the South Central sales district. Bill Swartz was also added as district sales manager for Rheology and Thermal Analysis Instruments for the Western U.S.

Step Tools Appoints Positions

Step Tools Inc., Troy, NY, has appointed Dr. Martin Hardwick, president and CEO of the company, as the leader of the STEP Manufacturing Team during the ISO STEP meeting held in Funchal, Portugal. Dr. David Loffredo, vice president of product development, was appointed as the deputy leader of the working group responsible for STEP Implementation Methods.

Fusion Adds Polymer Chemist

Fusion UV Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, has added Dr. Jan Ericsson to its polymer technology team. He will work with Dr. Sonny Johnson in the areas of photoinitiator-free chemistry and in advancing the company's knowledge and expertise in UV curable powder coatings.

METALAST Appoints President and COO

METALAST, Minden, NV, has appointed John F. Cole as president and chief operating officer of the company.

Nylok Appoints Sakowski

William L. Sakowski has been appointed automotive accounts manager by Nylok Fastener Corporation, Macomb, MI.