Appointments/promotions: Kenco Logistic Services appoints Mike Lapihuska to vice president of quality and best practices...Terry E. Brown is president, ICS Logistics...Cascade Corp. appoints Tony Spinelli to vice president-OEM...Industri-Matematik appoints Ken Tanis vice president of business development...Eric Freeburg of Intermec Technologies Corp. receives the Automotive Industry Action Group's (AIAG) Outstanding Achievement Award for his contributions and leadership on behalf of AIAG and the automotive industry...Dan Brandon joins MARC Global Service's Americas sales team...Toyota Material Handling USA Inc. promotes John Schmitt to national account and fleet sales manager, Terry Rains to part sales and systems planning national manager, and Martin Boyd to internal combustion planning and applications manager...Peach State Integrated Technologies names Ed Reel vice president and general manager...Jeff Gruman and Jim O'Farrell join Excel Direct's business development management team...Ranpak Corp. hires Bruce Trahey, sales representative, Dallas, Tex.; Michael S. Gray, sales representative, upstate New York; Kristy M. Sternad, administrative assistant, sales and marketing; and Edward Burry Jr., product development supervisor, sales and marketing.

Acquisitions/New facilities:TAGSYS, formally known as Gemplus Tag, becomes an independent company...Videk enters a partnership to be the exclusive distributor of Omnitron AG, a German-based manufacturer of data matrix and bar code readers...SupplyPro signs a North American distribution agreement with Fastenal, a distributor of industrial and construction supplies...Vertex Interactive, Inc. establishes the Vertex Global Products Group (GPG) to better meet customer needs. GPG appoints Raymond Scipioni as vice president...Tuscarora Inc., the Global Protective Packaging Unit of SCA and a div. Of SCA North America, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Insulated Shipping Containers, Inc...Bishamon Industries sells its ECOA Products Lift Division to U.S. businessmen Kevin Riley and Stephen W. Konop...Kewill extends its partnership with Microsoft Great Plains with new channels, new applications, and integration modules.