People & Companies

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 3/1/2001

Appointments/promotions: Greif Bros. Corp. names Maureen A. Conley president of new business development...Diamond Phoenix names Robert Rienecke vice president of marketing...Clark Material Handling Co. appoints Guy Keally to director of human resources for North America Operations... Dan O'Connor joins Provia Software as director of logistics consulting...irista appoints Jeff Radtke to vice president, sales...Barcoding.com names Christopher Rossi CEO...Tecsys Inc. hires Nam Vo as its senior vice president of business development...Intellution, Inc. appoints Robert L. Yeager to president...Kon International Inc. announces Keith Swiednicki and Vincent Canonico as new partners...Creative Techniques Inc. promotes Jeffrey Sebuck to Southeast regional sales manager...The executive committee this year for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) is chairman Bernard M. McPheely , CEO of Hartness International, vice chairman Mel Bahr , CEO, MGS Machine Corp., past chairman Robert S. Potdevin , president, Potdevin Machine Corp., and president Charles D. Yuska , PMMI...Flexco (Flexible Steel Lacing Co.) promotes Martin J. O'Neil to the newly created position of Western regional sales manager...Menasha Material Handling Corp. names Jeff Siemers vice president, finance...Automotion, Inc. names Bill Wold director, business development.

Alliances/name changes: HK Systems, Inc. and Beumer Corp. announce a marketing alliance combining product lines to expand their offering of materials handling products and services... KNGT Logistics changes its name to Concentrek, Inc...Daifuku America Corp. announces the merger of its Clean Factory Automation Division into ESKAY Corp...Clark Material Handling Co. announces it has reached an agreement to lease new office space in Alumni Park in Lexington, Ky... Baldor Electric Co. more than doubled the size of its Ozark, Ariz. manufacturing plant... Abaco PR, Inc. and Remote Equipment Systems, Inc. announce an agreement to deliver advanced solutions for mobile equipment fleet management.