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Lawrence Starr, former C.E.O. of Koch
Equipment, Kansas City, Mo. died at the age
of 72 in late October.
A few weeks after his passing, Starr was
posthumously inducted into the Packaging
Hall of Fame. Starr is primarily responsible
for introducing the concept of vacuum packaging to the U.S.
Homewood, Ill.-based
Silliker, Inc., recently
announced the addition of Pamela Meijer to
its sales force as technical sales manager.

Meijer

The American Meat Institute honored CFS
North America, Planet Products and Alkar-RapidPak, Inc., with the association's
Supplier of the Year Award.
Bunzl Distribution, Inc., St. Louis, announced that Jack Noteboom joined the company as national account manager for Bunzl/
Packers Engineering and Equipment.
InfinityQS International, Manassas, Va.,
has formed an OEM agreement with FMC
FoodTech, Chicago. The companies will
develop an OEM version of the InfinityQS
SPC (statistical process control) software
adapted to the needs of the food processing industry.
Safe Foods Corp., North Little Rock,
Ark., announced that Deborah Klein has
joined the company as national account
manager.
In related company news, Peggy Cook
was appointed as the company's chief scientific officer.
St. Francis, Wis.-based Wixon was recently purchased by its management team,

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ending its 24-year ownership by foreign
investors. New owners are Peter Gottsacker, president, Chuck Ehemann, executive
vice president, and Peter Caputa, C.F.O.
Naperville, Ill.-based Connell Purchasing
Services has announced the appointment
of Bill Lewis to fill the new position of director of sales.
Magline, Inc., Pinconning, Mich., announced the appointment of Bob Welsh to
the position of region sales manager for the
northern region, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Lancaster, Pa.-based Webber/Smith Associates, Inc., appointed Keith Shollenberger
as president.
Robert Fernandez has joined The Stellar
Group, Jacksonville, Fla., as vice president
of the international division.

Boleman

Miller

Pease

Food Safety Net Services welcome Shanna Boleman, director of technical services to
its Dallas-Fort Worth location and audit specialists Jarrod Miller and Robert Pease to its
San Antonio location.
The first retortable carton packaging system,
Tetra Recart, from Vernon Hills, Ill.-based
Tetra Pak, earned the Institute of Packing
Professionals' 2004 AmeriStar Award.
Zip-Pak, Manteno, Ill., announced that

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LEMO Maschinenbau GmbH, Niederkassel-Mondorf, has launched a new machine,
the CAPmat-Slider bag-maker.
The Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance, Alexandria, Va., announced that
Susan Orth of the Univ. of WisconsinMadison, Jenna Behrens of Texas A&M,
and James Stefanak of Ohio State Univ.
have been awarded scholarships of
$3,000 each to be used toward their
completion of a bachelor of science in
animal science.
Mississauga, Ontario-based Weighpack
Systems announced
the appointment of
Rick Bougie to the position of sales manager
for the eastern region.

Bougie

American E.R.P. L.L.C. Beaverton, Ore.,
and Modesto, Calif.-based Foodboss
L.L.C. now offer complete Enterprise Resource Planning and HACCP services.
Services include work process automations, product traceability and paperless
HACCP management.
Canton,
Ga.-based
Dapec named Randy
Allen as regional sales
manager. His territory
includes
Louisiana,
Texas, Oklahoma and
portions of Arkansas.

Allen

Hill and Sons, Inc., Ball Ground, Ga., and
Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.,
Oostzaan, the Netherlands, have agreed
to a long-term strategic relationship that
involves the joint manufacturing of Meyn
OEM parts in the U.S.

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