INDUSTRY NEWS PERSONALS Ellwood Group Inc. named Pat-
rick Callihan president of Ellwood Engineered Castings (Hubbard, Ohio). Callihan joined EEC in 2012 as vice president of technical services and was promoted to vice president of operations in 2013.
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AB&I Foundry (Oakland, Cali-
fornia) announced the hiring of Joe Robbins as the new eastern regional sales manager. Niagara Investment Castings
(St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada), a division of Asahi Refining Canada,
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announced the appointment of John Pagnotta to the position of business manager, effective January 1, 2017. Pagnotta is receiving the promotion as a result of the retirement of long-time general manager Keith Neureuther. Camfil Air Pollution Control
( Jonesboro, Arkansas) has appointed Graeme Bell to the position of vice president, Camfil APC Americas. Phoenix Induction (South Lyon,
Michigan) announced that Steve Schade has joined the organization and will be responsible for sales/ser- vice in the Midwest region. German Machine Tools of Ameri-
ca (Ann Arbor, Michigan) announced the promotion of Scott Knoy to vice president. Knoy joined the company in 2005, when the company was known as American Wera. Bill St. Tomas has rejoined Lind- berg/MPH (Riverside, Michigan) as business development manager. St. Tomas began his career in the heat treat industry with Lindberg. Christian Gück has been named
the new director of YXLON Inspec- tion Services. Te West Michigan chapter of AFS has officially made Wayne Jarvis a Service Life Member. He formed Eagle Alloy Inc. (Muskegon, Michi- gan) in 1979 and officially retired in 2006. An annual stipend has also been named after Jarvis.
CFD-Based Fluid Flow Analysis OBITUARIES Robert F. Gerstmeier died Nov.
18, 2016. He was 69. Gerstmeier spent over 50 years at AFW Foundry Inc. (Lannon, Wisconsin). Charles William Frazier III died
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Nov. 6, 2016 in Waco, Texas. He was 45. He was employed as general manager of Frazier & Frazier Foundry (Coolidge, Texas). Stephen Buchko died July 16,
2016 in Winnipeg, Canada. He was 91. Buchko retired in 1989 after work- ing for 40 years as a master pattern- maker in the tool and die industry. He also had served as secretary/treasurer of the Manitoba branch of AFS.
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