People and Companies

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

Appointments/promotions: The Buschman Company appointed Greg Rzeplinski to vice president of manufacturing...Diamond Phoenix Corp. promoted Bob Barnes to vice president, systems and announced that Kevin Reader was named to the newly created position of vice president, international ...Chris H. John was named vice president of sales for StrandWare Inc.'s North American operations...Fascor appointed John Smith to director of sales ...Edward Carr was appointed acting director of manufacturing by Pallet Management Systems, Inc.'s board of directors ...H. Allan Dow was named executive vice president of world wide sales and marketing of Logility, Inc ...Alex C. Glann and Thomas K. Lauterback joined the International Warehouse Logistics Assoc., serving as director of marketing and member services and manager of communications and public relations, respectively ...Richard J. Loomis was appointed chief operating officer of Epic Data Intl...Packtion appointed Edward A. Lapekas to executive chairman. ..Mark M. Schmidt has been named general manager of the newly formed North Central Region for Remstar International, Inc. ..Bob O'Malley joined Immersion Corp. as president and CEO.

Agreements/collaborations: MIKOH Corp. and Intermec Technologies Corp. announced a collaboration to incorporate Smart & Secure RFID transponders into a unique array of pressure-sensitive label constructions ...Escort Memory System sannounced an alliance with Zebra Technologies Corp. to promote I-CODE based label solutions ...Provia Software has formed a formal vendor alliance with PricewaterhouseCoopers...Intermec Technologies Corp. will partner with Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, to define, develop, and market RFID technology ...Intermecwill also partner with Gemplus Tag to co-market existing RFID technology solutions. ..TMB Holdings has completed the acquisition of the assets of Blue Giant, Limited from Clark Material Handling Company, Inc...SupplyWorks, Inc. and SynQuest, Inc. announced a strategic alliance to improve the operations and financial performance of discrete manufacturing customers.