Date: 16 May 2007
The committee annually, selects and awards an outstanding individual, now living, who has been active in and has made noteworthy contributions to the glass industry. All committee members serve for a period of four years and are employed by suppliers of the glass manufacturing industry.
In particular, he thanked Mike Nelson, retired from Saint-Gobain SEFPRO, for the excellent leadership he provided while serving as PACs 2006 Chairman. Other out-going members included, Paul Hutchinson, DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd., John Tracey, North American Refractories Co., Dave Ulmer, E. W. Bowman Inc., Roger Weilacher, Glass Design, and Glenn Wrap, Vesuvius Glass Group GmbH.
In September of 2006, six new members were elected, as they are every year, to replace those whose terms have expired
Mr. Battersby went on to mention that the recipient for the very prestigious 2007 Phoenix Award would soon be announced.
2007 Phoenix Award Committee
Pat Battersby, Chairperson [Emhart Glass]
Jochen Boellert* [Heye Glas GmbH)]
Robert Chambers [Fosbel Inc.]
Kevin Cook* [Eclipse Inc.]
Jean Coquatrix [Bernard Bonnefond]
Gary Crabb* [Corhart Refractories]
Henry Dimmick, Jr. [AGR International, Inc.]
Christopher Douville [General Chemical Industrial Products]
Frank Dumoulin [Praxair, Inc.]
Wally Evans* [Special Shapes Refractories]
Paul Guttmann [U.S. Silica Co.]
Gordon Jungquist [Henry F. Teichmann, Inc.]
George Kopser* [Hotwork-USA]
Richard Marshall [BOC Gases]
Larry McKivigan [Furnace Products & Services]
Glenn Neff [Glass Service USA, Inc.]
Lawrence Ploetz [Larry Ploetz International Glass Melt]
Richard Pont [Consultant]
Louis Rondot [A. & L. Rondot S.A.]
David Senior* [Zedtek Ltd.]
Richard Stormont [Electroglass LTD]
Brian Summerson [Dura Temp Corporation]
John Tancredi [Searles Valley Minerals]
Peter Vilk [BH-F (Engineering) Limited]
Holger Zippe [Zippe IndustrieanLagen GmbH]
* Asterisk denotes new members elected in September of 2006
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