People to Know

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 12/1/2004

Appointments/promotions: Breton Ranc is promoted to vice president technical operations, McLeod Software Corp… Remstar names Colman Roche vice president of sales… Shuttleworth, Inc., promotes Pat Sullivan to national sales manager… Peach State Integrated Technologies names Steven Axelrod vice president and general manager – material handling solutions… SATO America, Inc. appoints Mike Sabatini northeast regional manager, Scott Liniger product manager, and Mark Lyon as western regional sales manager… RedPrairie Corp. appoints Carey Zimmerman global marketing leader… Rockwell Automation, Inc. names Kevin Roach vice president, Rockwell Software business... Stratix Corp. appoints Gina Gallo to vice president, sales, and Barry Smith to vice president, professional services... Diamond Phoenix hires Chris James as regional/systems sales manager… Jorgenson Conveyors hires John Grubs as manager of engineering… RedPrairie Corp. appoints Tom Dragotta marketing leader… Savi Technologies appoints Mary Ellen Genovese CFO… W&H Systems adds Eric Beasley to its sales team… Cadre Technologies hires Ron Hounsell as director of Logistics Services.

Alliances/construction: FKI Logistex announces that its North American Airport, Post and Parcel division is expanding manufacturing operations at its two largest facilities in Danville, Ky. and Frederick, Md.… Daifuku America Corp. adopts the Daifuku brand, capitalizing on Daifuku's strong reputation in Japan… Babush Material Handling Systems has formed an alliance with two other companies in the Milwaukee area—Catalyst Intl. and The Glennon Group—to form The Star Alliance Center, which will demonstrate the convergence of RFID and materials handling technologies… SATO America, Inc. has created a special RFID Business Unit focused on helping customers to understand and implement RFID systems… Logility, Inc. acquires certain assets and the distribution channel of Demand Management, Inc.… Cattron Group, Inc. acquires Remtron, Inc. and CN's Beltpack business, which includes Canac Remote Control Technologies, Inc.… Cascade Corp. acquires the assets of Falkenroth Foerdertechnik… Richards-Wilcox, Inc. sells its carousel product lines to Lauyans and Company, Inc.… ORBIS Corp. acquires Inventive Container Solutions, formerly known as Hays Container Services… Phoenix Contact acquires Entivity Inc.… Excel Storage Products Inc. acquires United Steel Products Co.