they said it:
They should have done it years ago,
and they should do it tomorrow.
—Satish Jindel, president of SJ Consulting, on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to
end Saturday deliveries.
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WAREHOUSE
newsmakers
NOL Group has announced its executive succession plan. On Jan. 1, 2012, Ng Yat
Chung will become its next group president and CEO. Ng will take over from Ron
Widdows, who will retire from his present post at the end of this year but stay on
as a senior adviser to the company. … Jane Kennedy Greene has purchased a con-
trolling interest in the Kenco family of companies and is now chairman of the
board and CEO. Kenco provides logistics solutions, real estate services, and materi-
al handling equipment. … Weber Logistics, a third-party logistics and supply chain
management service provider, has hired Robert Clay as director of operations,
Inland Empire West. … Michael Fanning has been named director of sales, North
and South America, for Hanel Storage Systems in Pittsburgh. Fanning, who previ-
ously served as the company’s national sales manager, has been with Hanel for
more than 25 years. … Sapient Automation has appointed George
Fiorentino Jr. East Coast director of sales and business development.
Prior to joining Sapient, Fiorentino served in various systems sales
and development roles at White Systems, KardexRemstar, and the
ISD Division of Anderson and Associates. … Ocean shipping compa-
ny Horizon Lines Inc. has named William A. Hamlin senior vice pres-
ident of operations for its Horizon Lines LLC operating subsidiary. In
his new role, Hamlin oversees Horizon Lines’ ocean transportation
services, inland services, the order-to-cash cycle, maintenance, safety, security, net-
work operations, North America terminals, and technology. … Intelligrated, an
automated material handling solutions provider, has appointed
Chris Barber vice president of Southern operations, distribution, and
fulfillment. Based out of Intelligrated’s Atlanta office, Barber will
oversee sales, concepting, estimating, engineering, and project
implementation services for the company’s distribution, warehous-
ing, and fulfillment clients in the region. … Southern Air Holdings
Inc. has named David Soaper COO. Soaper joins Southern Air from
Comair, a Delta Connection carrier, where he has held several senior
operations management positions over the past 28 years. … MIQ Logistics has
appointed Rob Bongaerts vice president and managing director EMEA (Europe,
Middle East, and Africa). ... Dave Jesse has joined Bonded Logistics, a third-party
logistics service provider, as COO. Jesse, who has more than 20 years’ experience in
distribution and logistics, has held various senior leadership positions in informa-
tion systems, warehouse operations, and executive management. … Choptank
Transport, an East Coast third-party logistics service provider, has appointed James
Lee vice president of brokerage services. Lee will be based at the company’s new
regional office in Atlanta. … Exostar has named Richard Addi president and CEO.
Addi, who has been with Exostar since 2007, previously served as CFO.
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