PAPER COMPANIES

KRUGER INC.

Walter Mlynaryk has been appointed exec. v.p. and COO of Kruger Inc. Mlynaryk has 36 years experience in the various paper manufacturing sectors as well as in the lumber and panelboard industries.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.

Sherman G. Hurst has been appointed pres. and gen. mgr. of Kimberly-Clark Nova Scotia. He has been with Kimberly-Clark for more than 30 years, holding sr. management positions at several manufacturing facilities in Canada, the U.S., and Britain.

WESTVACO CORP.

David E. McIntyre and Richard N. Burton have been appointed as sr. v.p.-operations; they succeed Frederick C. Haas, 62, who will retire after 35 years of distinguished service.

DONOHUE INC.

Frank C. (Kim) Breese has been appointed exec. v.p. of U.S. Operations. He served as pres. and CEO of Newsprint South Inc. from 1992 to 1995 after having occupied executive positions with Dow Jones & Co. in New York for over 20 years.

BREESE CONCHA

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

Mario Concha has joined the company as v.p.-chemicals and resins. He will be responsible for all of Georgia-Pacific's chemical operations, which include GPRI and the company's chemical businesses in Bellingham, Wash.

UPM-KYMMENE CORP.

Markku Saarela has been appointed v.p.-information technologies of the company's paper divisions. He formerly served as dir.-industrial applications at IBM.

RAYONIER INC.

Timothy H. Brannon has been named v.p.-Asia Pacific and managing dir. of Rayonier New Zealand. He is replacing Andrew G. Wiltshire, who has accepted the position of dir.-forest fund marketing. Wiltshire will be working with Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., Boston, as part of the new Rayonier-GMO alliance which seeks worldwide timber investment and management opportunities.

HALIFAX PAPER BOARD CO.INC.

The company has announced the appointment of Byron Jenkins as v.p.-mill operations in their Roanoke Rapids, N.C., paper board manufacturing facility.

REPUBLIC GROUP INC.

James Nelson has joined the company as dir. of engineering, and will be responsible for design, engineering and construction activities of Republic's greenfield mill project in Lawton, Okla., as well as engineering and installation of capital improvements in other mills. W. Roger Smith has joined Republic Paperboard as mill mgr. for their new 100% recycled paperboard mill, to be built in Lawton, Okla.

CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC.

In the Biron Div., Craig A. Kuehl has been promoted to finishing shift supervisor, and Jeremy K. Staven has been named corporate process engr. In the Stevens Pont Div., James J. Roth has been promoted to maintenance mgr.; Mark D. Denniston and Jeffery D. Anhalt have been named product development engr.; and David R. Bonham has been named technology support engineering associate. In the Research & Development Div., Carl A. Huston has been apppointed sr. research systems engr.

In the Kraft Div., Loren A. Harms has been named corporate process engr., and Paul T. Literski has been named process engr. Mark J. Waszczak has joined the Wisconson River Div. as corporate process engr.; Jason M. Anderson and Joseph W. Marcy have joined the Niagara Div. as coporate process engr. John P. Reise has been promoted to production control supervisor at Castle Rock Container Co.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

The company announced the appointment of Sherri L. Cruz as product development coordinator. Cruz will be responsible for the coordination of all product development projects for Fine Papers franchises.

OXFORD SPECIALTY PAPERS

Bruce R. Overman has been named sr. service rep. for coated-one-side papers.

SUPPLIER COMPANIES

CLARIANT CORP.

Kenneth L. Golder has been appointed pres., CEO of Clariant Corp. He succeeds Kenneth L. Brewton who retired June 30th after 34 years with Clariant and its predecessor Sandoz.

BROOKFIELD ENGINEERING LABORATORIES

David A. Brookfield has been elected pres. and CEO. A 28 year employee of the company, he has held various positions including, most recently, v.p.-engineering. Brookfield replaces Louis A. DiCorpo, who will remain with the company as vice chairman of the board of directors while assisting the executive management group.

HOGENKAMP RESEARCH INC.

The company has appointed John Wildes sr. papermaking consultant for the northeast region, and Cathy Hood has been appointed design engr. for headboxes, flotation and cleaning systems.

GROUPE SCHNEIDER

Chris C Richardson has been promoted to pres. and CEO of Schneider North America. He succeeds Charles W. Denny as CEO; Denny will continue as chairman of Schneider North America until the end of 2000.

SUNDS DEFIBRATOR

Håkan Norberg, formerly v.p. and gen. mgr. of Sunds Defibrator's Refiner Segments Division, has been appointed pres. of the Mechanical Pulping Systems Business Area; he succeeds Lennart Ohlsson, who has been appointed pres. of the Panelboard Systems Business Area. Aron Mikaelsson, who previously held this position, will retire from Sunds Defibrator. Mika Tolvanen succeeds Norberg as v.p. and gen. mgr. of the Refiner Segments Unit.

Michael Cox has been appointed managing dir. of Sunds Defibrator Ltd., Borough Green, U.K.; he succeeds Kjell Yngvesson, who will retire later this year. In the Recycled Fiber Unit, Håkan Dahlin has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr., and Jari Koikkalainen has been named tech. dir. In the newly developed Fiber Applications, Mechanical Pulping Systems unit, Peter Berquist has been appointed gen. mgr., while Atlanta, Ga.-based Tomas Wikman has been named gen. mgr. with responsibility for the North American market. In the Baling business unit, Mats Arnberg has been named gen. mgr., succeeding Per Lindberg who will retire after 39 years in the company.

Computational systems inc.

David M. Plum has been named pres. and COO of CSI, a division of Emerson Electric Co.; Plum has been with Emerson since 1982.

BELOIT CORP.

A new management team has been appointed for Küsters Beloit GmbH & Co. KG; Krefield, Germany: Ferdinand Dargent, exec. v.p.; Wolfgang Wiertz, v.p. and head of operations; Thorsten Koth, v.p. and CFO; Bernd Krebs, head of sales and marketing; and Peter Svenka, head of research and development. At Küsters Beloit LLC, Beloit, Wis., Rudi Minkenberg has been named pres., and Mark Sorenson has been named dir.-operations. The company has also appointed Ross Altman as v.p. and associate general counsel.

INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS

Jack Boss has been promoted to v.p. and business unit dir.-performance chemicals. He will be responsible for the growth of performance chemicals, a global business unit which includes the coatings, adhesives, metallurgy, petroleum and household, industrial and institutional (HI&I) markets.

VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY

Thomas Koller has been appointed deputy member of the Board of Management. He will continue to perform his previous duties, order processing, and in addition will assume the role of deputizing for the chairman of the board.

OSMONICS

Kenton Toomey has been promoted to exec. v.p.-operations, with overall responsibility for operations, including manufacturing and information technology. The company has also announced three additions to its executive management team: Wil Pergande, Rick Lesan and A.P. Choudhury have been promoted to v.p.-special projects.

TOOMEY COVARRUBIAS

BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC.

Rosa Covarrubias has joined the research and development dept. as sr. development specialist for pulp and paper.

Adhesives Research inc.

David Schlesinger has been named v.p.-quality and compliance. He was most recently sr. dir.-quality control/quality assurance for Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Miami.

VALMET INC.

In the Knoxville, Tenn., Enerdry Div., Ray Krumenacker has been appointed v.p.-sales and marketing, succeeding Niel Casale. Pekka Koemano has been named prod. mgr.-steam and condensate systems; Dan Thomas has been named prod. mgr.-process improvements and customer service; and Tim Steuwer and Mike Cruse have been appointed process/applications/customer service engr.

LEGGETTE, BRASHEARS & GRAHAM INC.

Brian C. Kimpel has been named sr. hydrogeologist and head of the company's new Ill. field office.

APPLETON MILLS

Doug Anderson has been appointed to the position of design engr. He will be responsible for designing forming fabrics for all paper grades at Appleton Mills Florence, Miss. Forming Fabric Division.

AWARDS

MADISON PAPER INDUSTRIES

Pres. and CEO Leroy J. Barry was named Executive of the Year by the Paper Industry Management Association at its 79th Annual International Management Conference.

ASTEN INC.

William A. Finn, pres. and CEO of Asten, is the 1998 recipient of the Miliken Medal of Quality. The award was established to recognize South Carolinians with extraordinary vision who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and outstanding achievement in implementing quality systems in their organizations and communities. Finn has been with Asten for 25 years.

RETIREMENTS

GREEN BAY PACKAGING INC.

John D.L. Droege, v.p.-human resources, has retired after 31 years of service. Droege joined the company in 1967 as asst. to the v.p. of manufacturing at the Green Bay Shipping Container Div.; he later became prod. mgr. and was transferred to the Corporate office as corporate dir. of industrial relations in 1977. Droege has been involved with numerous groups and associations within the packaging industry and has served on several local boards.

OBITUARIES

CENTRAL NATIONAL-GOTTESMAN INC.

James G. Wallach, 55, chairman and CEO of Central National-Gottesman Inc., died on June 19 at his home in Scarsdale, N.Y. After receiving an MBA degree from UC-Berkeley in 1966, he joined Central National and, in 1984, led the company into the paper merchant business with several successful business acquisitions.