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Unisource Worldwide, Norcross, Ga., has appointed Mike Stolzer to regional segment vice president – packaging, to oversee business development in its central region. Most recently, Stolzer served as central region manager for the Linear Stretch Film Division of Atlantis Plastics, where he focused his efforts on selling plastic films through packaging distributors in the Central U.S. and Mexican markets.

Williston, Vt.-based KBA North America promotes John Raithel, its regional vice president of sales, to the newly created position of senior vice president-sales for the sheetfed division. He has served KBA in a number of management positions for the past four years, including sales manager for KBA Canada and vice president of used equipment.

Kennesaw, Ga.-based Heidelberg USA Inc. promotes Dan Maurer to vice president, postpress product management. He first joined Heidelberg in April 2003 during the expansion of the company’s digital business.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has named Julie Robinson director of quality for corporate accounts in the company’s corrugated container division. The 30-year industry veteran previously served as general manager of Smurfit-Stone’s label plants in St. Charles, Ill., and Greensboro, N.C. Those facilities were sold as part of Smurfit-Stone’s Consumer Packaging division divestiture in 2006.

Dave Brancheau joins DuPont Performance Lubricants, Wilmington, Del., as senior account manager. He brings more than 26 years of technical, consultative sales, marketing and business management experience to this position, and most recently served as senior account manager of DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise’s (DCSE’s) surface protection solutions business. Prior to that, Brancheau served as a corporate account manager for Hercules Inc.’s pulp and paper division in Wilmington.