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AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Washington, has named Remy Esquenet as director of fiber recovery and utilization.

Before joining AF&PA, Esquenet was an attorney in private practice working on issues of environmental law. Esquenet has also worked at the White House Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, where he dealt with policy issues relating to recycling, procurement and waste prevention.

Esquenet has also been a consultant and contractor to NASA, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and some municipalities and businesses on projects involving waste minimization, hazardous materials management, pollution prevention and recycling.

AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest products industry. It represents more than 200 companies and related trade associations.

SENNEBOGEN LLC

James (Jim) Westlake has been named as service manager for Sennebogen North America LLC, Charlotte, N.C.

Westlake has spent more than 17 years in the heavy equipment service field, having served most recently as shop foreman at a locomotive crane manufacturing and refurbishing company.

"Jim’s experience in trouble-shooting electronics, hydraulics, magnet systems make him a key player," says Richard Centner, executive vice president of Sennebogen North America. "His understanding of the role a material handler plays in yards or transfer stations means that he knows that our customers are counting on him to respond quickly. That is why I hired him," adds Centner.

As service manager, Westlake will work with dealers and customers alike, providing them with training, setting up preventive maintenance programs and instructing on the proper and approved Sennebogen servicing techniques to ensure the material handling machines operate at peak performance levels.

"I look forward to this new challenge," says Westlake, "and feel very fortunate to be working with Sennebogen. They have a world-class product and a first-rate organization."

Sennebogen offers 21 different models of its German-made "Green Line" of mobile material handling machines, with several designed with the scrap industry in mind.