Appointments/promotions: Intelligrated promotes Eric Palotas to vice president northeast operations; Etienne Puckett has been named vice president southeast operations; and Brad Bijonowski, has been named vice president southwest operations… Steven A. Thiry has joined AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology as vice president, business development… Pflow Industries, Inc. appoints Mark Meyer to the position of mid-west regional sales manager… Kevin Reardon has been appointed chief executive officer of Clark North America, Dennis Lawrence has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Clark North America and Jack Shafe has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing for Clark North America… The following appointments have been made at UPM Rafsec: Samuli Strömberg has been appointed vice president, marketing; Marcus Vaenerberg has been appointed vice president, sales; Steve Egeland has been appointed business controller, USA; and Jan Svoboda has been named business development director, USA… Motoman announces the following appointments: Glenn Jackson is named vice president of global accounts; Don Hemberg joins the company as vice president of advanced systems group; and Ron Potter joins as senior director of emerging robot markets.

Company news: Kinaxis Corporation, announces that Toshiba Europe GmbH has successfully deployed Kinaxis RapidResponse to manage volatile demand and supply to increase operational efficiency… Matthews International has acquired the Microroller motor-driven roller technology of Sparks Belting Company… RedPrairie and BT, a global networked IT services provider, announces a partnership to offer RFID enabled mobile asset management as a fully managed service… Psion Teklogix has acquired image capture firm Symagery Microsystems Inc. based in Ottawa, Canada… KUKA Robotics partners with Programming Plus to bring expertise to rapid prototyping, milling and material removal markets… Microsoft partners with Symbol Technologies to offer RFID solutions.