X-Rite, Inc., Grandville, Mich., appoints Michael Ferrara to president and chief operating officer.

Perry Galloway joins Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, N.J., as senior sales engineer.

Avery Dennison, Painesville, Ohio, hires Robert Fines as vp and general mgr., Fasson Roll North America.

Joe Szany is promoted to vp of sales and mktg. for American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio.

The Extrusion Div. of The Society of Plastics Engineers presents the Jack Barney Award to Peter Cloeren, chief executive officer of Cloeren Inc., Orange, Texas.

New England Machinery, Inc., Bradenton, Fla., appoints Michael Ruth to product line engineer.

Rosemary Lampron becomes sales mgr. for Charlotte, N.C.-based Arjobex USA's Polyart® roll and narrow web business.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc., Bethesda, Md., adds Larry Sloan as director of mktg. and member services, Kathleen Conway as mktg. manager, and Wendy Yanis as manager of education programming.

HPG Intl., Inc., Somerset, N.J., hires Jim Tremoulis as director of sales for its Flexible Film Products Div.

London Litho, Lincolnwood, Ill., chooses John Zellner, Jr., as ink technician.

Patrick O'Brien joins CreoScitex, Vancouver, Canada, as packaging sales manager.

MAN Roland, Westmont, Ill., appoints Jon Surch to general mgr., southeast region, for sheetfed and commercial web presses.

Integrated Paper Services, Inc., Appleton, Wis., hires Donald Guay as technical mgr.

Joyce/Dayton Corp., Dayton, Ohio, assigns Harry Sawicki to regional sales mgr. for the Lifting Equipment Div.

Vince Naselli is named dir. of TrendWatch Graphic Arts, New York.

Northwest Coatings Corp., Oak Creek, Wis., promotes Bill Walters to materials mgr., Troy Lisiecki to production supervisor, and Veronica Reichert to sales rep.