Door supplier Aleco named Ronnie Driggers industrial sales manager... Click Commerce assembled a team to focus on the aviation, aerospace and defense market; team members are David Barboro, Ted Anderson, David Nowicki and Judy Pitchford... Flow-Rite Controls, a manufacturer of single point watering systems, promoted Rob Brock to sales director of SPW North America...Erik Udstuen rejoined GE Fanuc Automation to lead the company’s software business...Heli Americas appointed Lina Yi marketing assistant...Jervis B. Webb Co. named Margaret Murdock executive director of automated systems and controls...Kiva Systems added Mark Mastandrea as vice president of customer experience and JD Harris as vice president of professional services...Phoenix Contact promoted Greg Jerrehian to vice president of sales and Louis Grice to vice president of marketing...Paul Rorer joined lighting manufacturer Simkar as fluorescent product manager...Tompkins Associates named Mark Buffum its new chief operating officer...White Systems appointed two new regional sales directors: Steve Novak in New England and Dana Gray in the South...Zebra Technologies selected Anders Gustafsson as its chief executive officer.

AeroVironment, maker of PosiCharge fast charge systems, was granted a U.S. patent for a battery charging innovation that enables simultaneous or parallel charging of multiple batteries...Hyster announced a dedicated effort to preserve the environment through the clean production and design of its lift trucks...OATSystems and Tyco Electronics announced an alliance to offer an RFID solution for asset tracking targeted for industrial manufacturers...RedPrairie expanded its Latin American presence to include Argentina, Colombia and Brazil.