People to Know

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 2/1/2005

FKI Logistex announces several appointments to its management team: Brian Nichter, vice president, Postal Systems; Rich Crawford, vice president Airport Systems; Ray Guasco, vice president, Parcel Systems; Steve McElweenie, vice president, Sortation Systems; Maura Tucker, vice president, employee development; Alan Schwartz, vice president, operations; and Mark Sibley, vice president, service… Excel Storage Products, Inc. announces that George Pacinda has joined the company as chief operating officer… Georgia Tech announced that Chip White III has been named Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics for the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Institute of Technology… David E. Griffith is named president and chief executive officer of Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA)… Glovia National, a subsidiary of Fujitsu, announces the promotion of Navin Goel to vice president of products… Michael Wright is appointed branch manager for Precision Industries' new Albany, Ga. Branch… APICS announces its 2005 Board of Directors: Thomas J. Krupka, president; Nicholas M. Testa, president-elect; Michael T. Walsh, executive vice president; Joseph F. Shadlowski, secretary/treasurer; and Arnold E. Kennedy, 2004 president.

COMPANIES

FKI Logistex announces the fragmentation of two of its subsidiaries to form Airport Systems, Postal Systems and Parcel Systems, and a fourth division for sortation systems, to provide customers a market-focused approach… Infor Global Solutions, a software supplier for manufacturing and distribution, announces its acquisition of Mercia Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmatica… XCS Corporation has formed a new company, Sky-Trax Inc., which will commercialize technology involved in object location within buildings… Crist Information and Research, LLC, has forged an agreement with Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift of America to provide lift truck data to the manufacturer.