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have transitioned from metal-halide lights to fluores- cent lighting, and have installed sensors to auto- matically turn lights off in inactive areas.
Dorner Manufacturing, Hartland, WI, announced that its 2200 series low-profile belt conveyors have received the Ultraclean Products Approval Laboratory certifica- tion for use in ISO Standard 14664-1 Class 5 and Federal Standard 209 Class 100- rated cleanrooms.
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The Steel Market Devel- opment Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the Ameri- can Iron and Steel Institute, Detroit, MI, named Terry Cul- lum director of the Auto/ Steel Partnership (A/SP), replacing Dr. Roger Heim- buch. A/SP leverages the resources of North American automotive companies and sheet-steel producers to pur- sue research, validation and education common to both industries. Cullum was previ- ously director of corporate responsibility, environment and energy for GM.
Thermadyne Industries, Inc., St. Louis, MO, appointed Matthew Proffit national accounts manager, and named Paul Eckhoff senior product line manager for manual plasma cutting prod- ucts, marketed primarily under the company’s Thermal Dynamics brand. The firm manufactures cutting and welding equipment.
Steel King Industries, Inc., Stevens Point, WI, a manufacturer of pallet racks, AS/RS racks and other types of material-stor- age products, as well as
guard railing and steel con- tainers, hired Rich Hartzler as major products manager, and Katie Ekstrand as structural sales engineer.
McGregor Metalworking Companies, Springfield, OH, hired Rick Wagner as plant manager for its SC Metal Products facility in Aiken, SC. The facility operates three centers of excellence —metal stamping, split metal pulley production and robotic welding.
Maysteel LLC, Allenton, WI, a manufacturer of sheet- metal enclosures and other fabricated metal assemblies, named J. Monte Roach pres- ident and chief executive offi- cer, Kevin Matkin vice presi- dent of operations, and Elizabeth Feldman chief financial officer.
Techni Waterjet, Lenexa, KS, promoted Dennis Schmidt to international service manager, Techni USA. He’ll supervise all of the firm’s service technicians worldwide, and head up cus- tomer support and service operations.
Atlas Technologies, Fen- ton, MI, announced several changes to its management structure, including rehiring William Rogner as interim general manager, joining Randy Austin, vice president of applications, and Louis Weigele, human resources and purchasing manager. Robert Stonier returns as project manager, Charles Rheingans returns as region- al sales manager for China, and Lesa Jemison returns as director of marketing and e-commerce. The firm also promoted Kim Nation to con- troller and Brenda Crampton to director of mechanical engineering.
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