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For the Week of April 26th

Gap Inc. promotes Pina Ferlisi to executive vp; LS3P Associates Ltd. moves to new offices; Philips Luminaires and Martin Architectural team in Europe

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20 years ago

April 26, 2004

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Management Changes:

Gap Inc. (San Francisco apparel retailer) has promoted Pina Ferlisi to executive vp, Gap brand design, with expanded product design responsibility for all Gap adult, kids, baby and body concepts. Ferlisi reports to Gap brand president Gary Muto.

ETC (Middleton, Wis., lighting company) has named Steve Terry vp, research and development and professional services, and Steve Downs vp, manufacturing and European operations.

Mancini·Duffy (New York architecture and design firm) has named Steve Bleiweiss principal, business development, and added him to its Leadership Team.

SoundTube (Park City, Utah, loudspeaker manufacturer) has named Chris Combest ceo and Jerry Gulden president. David Wiener, SoundTube founder, will serve as a consultant to the company. Combest and Gulden are both affiliated with MultiService Electronics (Kansas City, Mo., electronics company), which has increased its financial investment in SoundTube.

Relocation:

LS3P Associates Ltd. (Charlotte, N.C., design firm) to 227 W. Trade St., Ste. 700, Charlotte, NC 28202. Phone: 704-333-6686; fax: 704-333-2926.

Business Brief:

Philips Luminaires (Amsterdam, Netherlands, lighting company) and Martin Architectural (Aarhus, Denmark, lighting firm) have formed a commercial cooperation in Europe that allows Philips Luminaires to offer Martin's products in certain segments of the architectural lighting market.

Awards and Competitions:

Nevamar Co. (Odenton, Md., manufacturer of high-pressure laminates) announced that the domino tables at Wayne's Kwik Shop in Temple, Texas, have won its High Mileage Countertop Contest. The competition, which honors surfaces that “look like 10 miles of bad road,” is designed to highlight the resistance to wear-and-tear that Nevamar's laminates provide. The tables at Wayne's Kwik Shop have non-Nevamar surfacing that's worn entirely through, exposing patches of brown where the color used to be.

LSI Graphics Solution Plus (North Canton, Ohio, provider of custom graphics) won first place in the interior graphics category in Chain Store Age magazine's Supplier of the Year Award. LSI's winning clients included Nebraska Furniture Mart and Sears Grand.

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