Rex G. Ciavola has been promoted to vice president of sales, Western Region for Banta Book Group. Rex has over 30 years of sales and printing experience prior to
joining Banta in 1993. He is responsible for all Banta educational, trade, professional, catalog, media, and fulfillment sales from Colorado west. He may be reached at
(415) 428-0310.
Gary S. Davis has succeeded William G. Nuffer as president of BookCrafters, Chelsea, Michigan. Nuffer has retired after 31 years as president of the company he founded in 1965. BookCrafters has book manufacturing plants in Chelsea and Frederiksburg,
Virginia. Davis was previously vice president and module manager of R.R. Donnelley's Mattoon, Illinois division.
Lisa Mirski Devenish, formerly Lisa Mirski, has left Apple Computer after 10 years
to establish Devenish Design. Lisa will specialize in the design of books and manuals. She may be reached at (408) 559-7261 or via email at design@redshift.com.
Ron Maas, former General Manager of Addison-Wesley Alternative Publishing Division, is now General Manager of Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Ideas Press located in Englewood, Colorado. He may be reached at (303) 770-1220, ext. 208.
Carole Major, Western Regional Sales Manager for Edwards Brothers, Inc.has announced that she will be taking early retirement effective December 31, 1996, and will be relocating to Red Bluff, California. Carole may be reached at (510) 686-9040.
Mary Lou C. Slater has joined Ecological Fibers, Inc. of Lunenberg, Massachusetts
as Regional Sales Manager. She may be reached in San Ramon, CA by phone at
(510) 735-1056 or by fax at (510) 735-1262.
Ellipsis, a division of Hispanex, Inc., is a new editorial production service for elementary, secondary, and college publishing. Jose Blanco, editorial director, and Anne Marie Walker, managing editor, were previously at Houghton Mifflin and D. C. Heath. Kenneth Hollman, formerly senior graphic designer at D. C. Heath, is production manager. They may be reached at (617) 227-9050.
Duncan McCallum, Inc. representing Braum-Brumfield and Friesens has moved to 2300 Bethards Drive, Suite C, Santa Rosa, CA 95405-8568. Duncan may be reached by phone at (707) 542-6044 or by fax at (707) 542-6045.
Quebecor Printing, Inc. USA has announced the closing of its Semline plants in Braintree and Westwood, Massachusetts by the end of this year. "Declining profitability" was cited as the reason.
Paula Schlosser has moved her freelance design and art direction business to Littleton, Colorado. The new mailing address for Paula Schlosser Design is 5843 Shasta Circle, Littleton, CO 80123. Phone (303) 730-7138, fax (303) 730-7281, email PaulaSDes@aol.com.