Intek Plastics Announces New Management Team

• Promoting Rob Tracy to the position of chief operating officer responsible for leading Intek's "Lean Journey" and working with John Penn, chairperson and chief executive officer, to transform the entire organization to work together for continuous improvement and change. Prior to joining Intek as vice president of operations in 2003, Tracy led the lean procurement efforts for Pentair Corp. He has almost 20 years experience in the window and door industry, including six projects to implement lean transformations.
  
• Moving Alan Colliander from vice president of sales and marketing to the position of vice president of technology and development, responsible for managing Intek's investment in core competencies to better equip the company for meeting the future needs of their customers. Previously director of OEM sales with Bordner and Associates, Colliander re-joined Intek in 2003 to join them in their new lean focus. He was with Intek from 1980 to 1990 in various positions and has a total of 24 years industry experience.
  
• Promoting Mike Kinning to vice president of sales responsible for leading Intek's sales efforts and revenue growth. Kinning is a 14-year Intek veteran who has held a variety of management positions, most recently as the director of operations at Intek's south Hastings plant. He has over 20 years experience in the industry.
  
• Promoting Mike Kafczynski to director of manufacturing, responsible for directing Intek's manufacturing operations including the implementation of lean manufacturing processes. Kafczynski is a five-year Intek veteran with a wide variety of manufacturing management experience and was also a general manager/owner of a general contracting company.
  
• Expanding Steve Glienke's responsibilities as controller to include those of director of business planning, responsible for lean accounting, operations planning, forecasting, and inventory control. Glienke has 10 years experience in the plastics industry.