Appointments/promotions: John Cullen is appointed president of Versa, an Intelligrated company... Torbeck Industries hires John Smith as director of manufacturing... Dave Clark is named vice president of marketing for the Americas division of NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc.... Mike O'Reilly is appointed vice president of sales at Mecalux... Siemens Dematic Material Handling Automation promotes Steven Axelrod to executive vice president of profit centers... John Hutchens is appointed key account manager at SATO America Inc.... Robert Fatovic is named senior vice president of Ryder System's U.S. logistics operations for high-tech and consumer industries... Chris Hess, manager of engineering and quality of Harrington Hoists, serves his second term as vice president of the Hoist Manufacturers Institute... AmeriCold Logistics names Andy Schuyler vice president of lead logistics services and Edward Brunot senior vice president of West Coast operations... Keystone Dedicated Logistics hires Rich Coyner as vice president and general manager of operations... David Petratis is named president and chief operating officer of Schneider Electric's North American division... Hy-Tek Material Handling Inc. promotes Tim Neroni to sales manager of the Columbus, Ohio headquarters sales territory.

Alliances/construction: Streamsoft and Quantronix partner to provide an integrated solution for warehouse item measuring and slotting... Radio Beacon acquires Kewill Systems' ReSKU warehouse management system licenses... WhereNet Corporation and Siemens Automation and Drives Group establish an OEM partnership... Rockwell Automation acquires Interwave Technology Inc.... Alvey Systems and White Systems join to deploy the FKI Logistex Manufacturing Team... MikeStrand.com, a new business consulting firm, is launched to provide services to companies in the technology, manufacturing, services and distribution industries... DBI/SALA merges with Protecta USA... Catalyst partners with Kewill Systems to sell and integrate Kewill solutions that will extend their supply chain execution offerings... SIRIT Technologies Inc. forms alliance with Matrics Inc.... Interlake Material Handling Inc. closes its Lodi California rack manufacturing facility... Radcliffe acquires KEF Technologies.