Management Changes:
babystyle (Los Angeles maternity/baby lifestyle brand retailer) has appointed Dan Sawall as vp, general merchandise. Sawall will oversee the company's online, catalog and retail divisions.
Hermes Schleifmittel GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany, industrial abrasives manufacturer) has hired Stefan Jaenecke as managing director and group president.
Mergers/Acquisitions:
Plaskolite Inc. (Columbus, Ohio, acrylic sheet manufacturer) has acquired PlastiMirror Inc. (Rahway, N.J., mirrored plastic sheet manufacturer).
Relocations:
Display Works Inc. (Markham, Ont., fixture designer and manufacturer) to 555 Denison St., Markham, ON L3R 1B8.
Business Briefs:
Color Kinetics Inc. (Boston lighting designer and manufacturer) has appointed the following members to its new board of advisors: Michael Ahearn, Conley and Co.; Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School; John Cronin, ipCapital Group Inc.; Das Narayandas, Harvard Business School; Jeffry Timmons, Babson College; and Richard Vitkus, formerly of Zenith Electronics Corp.
Permlight (Tustin, Calif., LED lighting designer and manufacturer) has added Garston Sign Supplies (East Hartford, Conn., sign industry distributor) as a stocking franchised distributor for Permlight's lighting system and power supply products lines.
Bally Design (Pittsburgh educational exhibit, industrial design and product development firm) has completed the design and installation of an exhibit gallery for the new Visitor's Center at Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro, N.C.
spg” (Philadelphia architecture, interior design and planning firm) is the new name of Shapiro Petrauskas Gelber Architects. In addition, the firm has named the following as partners: George Buckmann, Sean O'Rourke, Nilo Regojo and Dean Metzler. Also, Richard Kline and Stephen Mark Goldner of GGK Associates and Charles Broudy of Charles E. Broudy and Associates have merged their firms with spg”.
The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD, Chicago professional trade association) has announced that through a partnership with VIA-Verlag publishers of Germany, Professional Lighting Design is now the official publication of IALD. Under the new title, PLD North America, the magazine will debut in April and will include international stories as well as editorial content geared toward the North American market. It will be published six times a year and will be free to all IALD voting members. Additionally, Professional Lighting Design will become an official co-sponsor of the IALD Annual Lighting Design Awards.
Awards & Competitions:
The Paradies Shops (Atlanta-based airport retail group) has been named the 2003 Georgia Family Business of the Year by the Cox Family Enterprise System of Kennesaw State University and Georgia Trend magazine. The award recognizes a business for its success, positive family/business linkage, multi-generational family business involvement, contributions to industry and community and innovative business practices.
Roland DGA (Irvine, Calif., printing equipment designer and manufacturer) was recognized at the 2003 Photo Marketing Association Trade Show with winning equipment in the DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out. Roland's Hi-Fi JET Pro II FJ-540 won in the 50- to 72-inch category and the SOLJET Pro II SJ-740 won in the over 72-inch category for best overall quality and color accuracy.