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INDUSTRY UPDATE
gas monitoring and leak
detection instrumenta-
tion and combustion and
emissions analyzers, has
added Karl Roberts as
regional sales manager
for the United Kingdom,
Ireland, and Northern
Europe. He joins Bacha-
rach with a strong background in gas de- tection and related industry experience, according to the company’s announce- ment, which said he previously was a terri- tory sales manager with Tyco Gas & Flame Detection and also spent eight years at A1-Cbiss in the UK. At Bacharach, he will be focused on developing key food retail, industrial, and commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning accounts. . . . Matt Moseley has become a national account manager on the National Account Team of Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP, www.pipusa.com),
and Carlos Melo has
been appointed regional
sales manager for New
York and New England,
the company announced
in February. Moseley
had joined PIP in 2015,
starting as a business
development manager;
as a national account
manager, he is respon-
sible for Airgas, Anixter,
DGI/DoAll, Staples, and
Veritiv, according to the
company’s news release.
“Carlos’ enthusiasm and
committed work ethic
will ensure that he will work tirelessly to grow business for our customers in upstate New York and New England,” said Mike Carducci, vice president of sales-North. . . . Columbus McKinnon Corp. of Getzville, N.Y., a manufacturer of material handling products, announced that, effective Feb. 28, its board of directors appointed Mark D. Morelli, 53, as the company’s president and chief executive officer, completing its previ- ously announced succession plan. Morelli also was elected to the board. Timothy T. Tevens, who joined Columbus McKinnon in May 1991 and had served as president and CEO from 1998, retired, having agreed to continue to support the company as an advisor. “Mark brings a unique background
to the company that is ideally suited for building upon our strategic initiatives and recent acquisitions,” said Ernest R. Verebe- lyi, chairman of the board. “He has held significant leadership positions in global technology and industrial markets and brings a proven record of accomplishment. Under his leadership, Mark has developed high-performance organizations that have achieved meaningfully higher rates of growth and expanded margins. We believe he will leverage his experience in indus- trial technologies to strengthen our market position, as well as capitalize on his strong operational background to increase our earnings potential.” Morelli was president and chief operating officer of Brooks Auto- mation from 2012 to 2016 and previously was CEO of Energy Conversion Devices, an alternative energy company. “Colum- bus McKinnon is an industry leader with excellent brands, strong customer relation- ships and a long, well-established history,” he said. “This is an exciting time to join the company, given its expanded market reach and new products gained both through acquisitions and the launch of the ‘drive in every hoist’ program.” . . . Hooper Holmes, Inc. (Olathe, Kansas, www.hooperholmes. com) has added Dr. Robin L. Smith, M.D. as a board advisor to assist with the assess- ment of strategic expansion opportunities in the health and wellness market. “As we prepare to merge with Provant Health Solu- tions, LLC and continue to create one of the largest pure-play health and wellness com- panies in the U.S., we welcome Dr. Smith as a board advisor,” said Henry Dubois, president and CEO of Hooper Holmes. “Dr. Smith’s expertise in health care and in- novative clinical-based solutions, as well as her strong track record building, leading, and assisting a variety of organizations and companies, will provide additional insight on new products and potential services the company can offer to clients to drive increased revenues and margins. I look forward to working closely with Dr. Smith as we focus on profitably growing our busi- ness.” Hooper Holmes provides on-site health screenings, laboratory testing, risk assessment, and sample collection services.
New Stamp Honors
Deaf Education Pioneer
The U.S. Postal Service is issuing the 16th stamp in the Distinguished Americans se-
ries to honor Robert Panara (1920-2014), described by the federal agency as “an influential teacher and a pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies.” USPS set the first- day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Robert Panara two-ounce Forever stamp for April 11 at the Robert F. Panara The- atre, Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, N.Y. According to USPS, at age 10, Panara was profoundly deafened after contracting spinal meningitis. He taught English for two decades at Gallau- det College (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., and helped found the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 1967 and became its first deaf faculty member. He taught English to both deaf and hearing students at NTID, part of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State for the next 20 years.
The stamp, a photo of Panara signing the word “respect,” is being issued in con- junction with the 200th anniversary of the founding of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn., the start of formal education for deaf students in America.
Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Challenge Semifinalists Announced Ten semifinalists have been selected in the first phase of the Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Challenge, a federal prize com- petition that will award up to a total of $20 million in prizes, subject to the availability of funds, the National Institutes of Health announced recently. The competition is for innovative and rapid point-of-need diagnostic tests to combat the emergence and spread of drug-resistant bacteria; the semifinalists were selected from among 74 submissions.
Although they will receive $50,000 each to develop their concepts into prototypes, anyone can submit a prototype to compete in the second phase of the challenge to win up to $100,000.
Submissions of prototypes and analyti- cal data for the second phase are due Sept. 4, 2018, and as many as 10 finalists will be selected on Dec. 3, 2018. Each may receive up to $100,000 and their submitted proto- types will be evaluated in the third phase of the competition by two CLIA-certified in- dependent laboratories. Prototype perfor- mance in this evaluation will be the basis for
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KARL ROBERTS
MATT MOSELEY
CARLOS MELO
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