Curtis Packaging Corp. (Sandy Hook, CT) appoints Kerry Brown as director of quality.

Ted O'Connor joins Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., Cohoes, NY, as director of pricing process.

TAPPI (Norcross, GA) elects three new members to its board of directors. The new members are: Thomas Garland, Dr. Vince Newberry and Nicki Slusser.

Markus Knott takes on the role of European sales manager for Martin Automatic's (Rockford, IL) European division.

Bruce Niccum takes on the role of production manager at Denver-based Lightning Labels.

Lincoln, RI-based Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. hires Nick Nigro as product sales manager for extrusion systems.

Markus Lehmann joins Bedford, UK-based Atlas Converting Equipment as sales manager.

Mark Andy, Inc., of St. Louis grows its sales team by promotingJerry Henson to flexible packaging sales manager for the Comco equipment line, and appointing Michael Schneider regional sales manager.

Maxcess International of Oklahoma City adds Joe Beaton and Robert James as local representatives Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Vermont.

WS Packaging Group, Inc., Green Bay, WI, promotes Becky Smith to senior vice president of sales, Bill Cashin to vp of the northeast sales region, Bill Challoner to vp of business and market development, and John Arshem to vp of information technology.

Exopack, Spartanburg, SC, names Tom Vale chief operating officer.

Jim Mahoney assumes the role of president Asia-Pacific for Luxembourg-based Flint Group.

The Ft. Mill, SC-based Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators elects its 2008 slate of officers, including president Michael Engel (FLEXcon), vice president Elizabeth Josephson (Applied Materials), treasurer Bob Connelly (Madico) and past president Bill Yoder (Lamart Corp.).