Management Changes:
Green River (Great Barrington, Mass., manufacturer of hardwood flooring) has hired Scott Burega as director, national accounts and business development.
WD Partners (Dublin, Ohio, design firm) has hired Peter Cronin as executive director, market research.
spg3 (Philadelphia architecture, interior design, planning and landscape) had hired the following staff members: Virginia Smith, Manuel Marrul, Rebecca Fisher, Herman Schechter and Mark Borowski.
Bandit Lites (Knoxville, Tenn., provider of entertainment lighting) has appointed James Harden to general manager of U.K. and European operations.
Cedarwood Architectural Inc. (Akron, Ohio, architecture firm) has promoted Robert Marshall to director, architecture.
Martin Professional Inc. (Sunrise, Fla., producer and distributor of computer-controlled lighting) has named Bill Sims western regional sales director for the company’s public spaces segment.
MG Design Associates Corp. (Pleasant Prairie, Wis., marketing solutions company) has hired Trisha Kee as account executive in Las Vegas.
Mergers/Acquisitions:
Callison (Seattle design firm) will acquire Architectural Group Intl.'s Dallas office, AGI-West.
Lone Star Ceramics (Dallas manufacturer of unglazed porcelain dot-mounted mosaics) is being acquired by the Elgin Butler Co. (Elgin, Texas, manufacturer of glazed brick and structural glazed tile).
Business Brief:
Macy’s Inc. (Cincinnati) has renamed its annual golf outing the Rudy Javosky Space Golf Classic in memory of its former senior vp, design and construction, who passed away in June 2006. This year’s event will take place August 17 and proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund for the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.
Eastman (Kingsport, Tenn., manufacturer and marketer of chemicals, fibers and plastics) has launched Eastman eZone, an interactive web tool geared toward inspiring and educating designers in the point-of-purchase and store fixture industries. This initiative is the latest addition to the company’s online design portal, www.innovationlab.eastman.com.