Taylor Named Asia GM At A. Schulman

(financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- SHLM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- July 9, 2008 (FinancialWire) Jack Taylor has been appointed general manager for Asia at A. Schulman, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHLM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) (Current Market Cap: US$623.75 Mil.), effective September 1. Bernard Rzepka will replace Taylor as general manager for Europe.

Taylor has been an employee of A. Schulman since 1978 and has held a number of management positions, including general manager for Europe and Asia, managing director of United Kingdom operations and technical and sales director, U.K.

Rzepka has been with A. Schulman for fifteen years, serving in a variety of technology and commercial management positions.

Akron, Ohio-based A. Schulman is an international supplier of plastic compounds and resins. The company's products are used in a variety of consumer, industrial, automotive and packaging applications.

Schulman employs about 2,200 people and has sixteen manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe.

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