Appointments/promotions: NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. announces the promotions of Frank Muller to chief operating officer and Colin Wilson to president of NMHG Americas...FKI Logistex Alvey Systems promotes William Harton to senior vice president of sales and field operations and Tom Roberts to director, field operations...Q4 Logistics hires Patti Satterfield as manager of business development...RedPrairie Corporation announces Diane Magidson as director of Value Delivery and Alliances...Hy-Tek Material Handling Inc. promotes Scott Hennie to vice president...William Hoffman of Intermec Technologies Corporation has been honored with the Automotive Industry Action Group's (AIAG) Outstanding Achievement Award...FKI Logistex appoints Stephen Legg to president of Real Time Solutions and George King to director of sales, major accounts, for Automation Division...Ellen Chambers is named director of customer service at Pallet Management Systems...The Packaging Education Forum announces five inductees into the Packaging Hall of Fame: Richard Botsch, Kenneth Gollmann, Thomas Hogue, Norman Nieder and Charles Perrin.

Alliances/new facilities: Zebra Technologies and Swisslog establish a global agreement to offer Zebra printers integrated with Swisslog WMS systems...Radcliffe Systems Inc. and Datahorse Ltd. change their corporate identity to Radcliffe Datahorse Inc....Clarklift of Atlanta changes its name to Southern States Equipment...An alliance partnership agreement between AL Systems Inc. and Kewill E Commerce enables AL Systems to integrate Kewill's parcel shipping functionality with its in-motion manifesting solutions...RPCC gains tax exemption on the use of reusable pallets and containers by food processors in the state of Delaware...SICK AG acquires Max Stegmann GmbH, a manufacturer of shaft encoders and actuators for automation technology...Radio Beacon Inc. and The Ryzex Group form a partnership to offer warehouse management solutions to the small to mid-sized business market.