Management Changes:
Federated Department Stores Inc. (Cincinnati) has named Amy Hanson vice chairman for administration, Macy's North, Minneapolis, and Michael Gatio president, Financial, Administrative and Credit Services division, Cincinnati.
Design Fabrications Inc. (D|Fab, Madison Heights, Mich., retail environmental design and manufacturing company) has promoted Jessica Roberts to vp, operations.
Lighting Services Inc (Stony Point, N.Y., lighting manufacturer) has appointed Bryan Lortie Western regional sales manager.
Cubellis|gbqc (Philadelphia architecture, design and engineering firm) has hired Elie-Antoine Atallah as principal, academic market.
Rapid Rack Industries Inc. (City of Industry, Calif., provider of shelving racks and workbenches) has promoted Kirk Brimhall to general manager, consumer products.
Leviton Mfg. Co. (Little Neck, N.Y., manufacturer of electrical and electronic products) has named Carol Lynch vp, marketing and sales, retail division.
Ilva S.A. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, producer of porcelain tiles) has named Hugo McIntosh administrative and finance manager.
Mergers/Acquisitions:
LSI Industries Inc. (Cincinnati lighting manufacturer) has acquired substantially all the assets of SACO Technologies Inc. (Montreal technology developer and producer of LED products).
Shive-Hattery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, architecture and engineering firm) has acquired Arcline Associates Ltd. (Downers Grove, Ill., retail design firm).
Relocations:
ad notam to 494 Eighth Ave., Ste. 1400, New York, NY 10001.
Business Briefs:
Xerox Corp. (Stamford, Conn., document-management company) has completed a multimillion-dollar deal to place more than 1200 Xerox Phaser® 8400 copiers in stores operated by Staples Inc. (Framingham, Mass., office products company). Staples employees use the solid-ink printers to produce store signs, shelf tags and other point-of-sale materials.
CCS Architecture (San Francisco) has opened an office in New York.
Awards:
LATICRETE Intl. Inc. (Bethany, Conn., manufacturer of tile and stone installation systems) announced that chairman and ceo David Rothberg has been inducted in to the Junior Achievement of Southwest New England's Business Hall of Fame in New Haven, Conn.