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People in Brief

U.S. Nutraceuticals appointed Daniel Vickers as raw materials managerfor its Botanics Division. He will be responsible for purchasing and inventorymanagement, and will be based in Boone, N.C.; he worked most recently with GaiaHerbs. ... William Coyne, Ph.D., joined the Scientific Advisory Board of BiopolymerEngineering Inc. ... National Enzyme Co. announced threeappointments. Rex T. Weiss is national sales manager, Jason Bradley is theaccount manager for the Southwest and Jennifer Tate is the account manager forthe Central United States. ... Almased USA Inc. hired Brenda Applegarthas its marketing director. She worked previously as a marketing consultant toAlmased. Also, the company hired Donald M. Chappell as nutritional salesconsultant. ... Ron L. Nolan was appointed national sales manager for ReNewLife Formulas Inc. ... LaneLabs hired Tamara Z. Turse as manager ofmedia relations. ... OCIA International promoted Andy Harms to customerservice supervisor and appointed Bob Eilts, a past chairman of the UnitedSoybean Board, to replace Harns as North America certification coordinator. ...Clark Taylor joined ShiKai Products as vice president of sales. ... ShionogiQualicaps hired Paul Brown as director of sales and marketing; he workedmost recently as North American sales manager for Capsugel. ... VansonHaloSource announced Ken Jacobs joined the company as general manager andvice president of the home and personal products division. ... David Michael& Co. announced several promotions: Derek Sabow is now district salesmanager, relocating to Minneapolis; Yue Jian Ping was promoted to deputy generalmanager of David Michael (Beijing) Flavor Co. Ltd.; and Kevin Liu, manager ofAsian business development, has relocated from Beijing to David Michael'sheadquarters in Philadelphia to coordinate all sales and business activities inAsia. The company also hired Erin Kate O'Donnell as marketing coordinator in thePhiladelphia office. ... Williams Foods Inc. appointed Michael duBois aschief executive officer; he was previously president of Sensient Flavor &Fragrance Group. ... Christopher Berliner has been promoted to the new positionof vice president and general manager of Importers Service Corp.