People. Places And Things

ZL engineering plastics inc. announced Carol P. Brown joined its Peekskill, NY team as Administrative Sales Assistant. Brown will be responsible for customer quotes, account maintenance, and new customer development.

Norplex-Micarta, the leading manufacturer of high performance thermoset composites announces the appointment of Yoyo Chen as business associate for the China satellite office. Ms. Chen will support customer activities throughout China and all of Asia/Pacific.

R Tape Corporation, the North American leader in pressure sensitive application tapes, pre-masks and embossed metallized films, announced that Michael W. Roughton has joined the company as President.

E & T Plastics Mfg. Co. announced the grand opening of its sixth North American location in Blaine, Minnesota. Tom Tuckey has been appointed Branch Manager. Tuckey has been with the company since 1995. Tuckey is joined by Bill Gray, Jeff Randall and Ernest Wallace.

Interstate Plastics has opened a new location in Birmingham, Alabama. Marty Eakins has been appointed Branch Manager with Geroge Littleton hired as outside salesman.

Aetna Plastics Corp. of Cleveland, Ohio celebrated its 60th Anniversary. Aetna is one of the nation’s oldest distributor and fabricators of industrial plastics materials. Aetna sells its products nationally and internationally. The founder’s son, Gary Davis is President of the company.

STANMECH Technologies Inc., the master distributor for Leister in Canada with expertise in plastics forming and joining methods and heat sources for industrial applications, announced the appointment of Peter Borris as technical sales representative for Quebec. He joins Stewart Corbet, STANMECH’s current technical sales representative in Quebec, to form a sales team to expand service to the province.