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Plastics News Global Group promotes three editors

March 2011 —Plastics News Global Group has announced several high-level changes in its editorial ranks:

Robert Grace, editor of Plastics News since its founding in March 1989, has been promoted to editorial director of the PN Global Group, which encompasses three print publications, five Web sites, seven electronic newsletters and multiple events. He also continues in his role as associate publisher and conference director of Akron-based Plastics News.

Donald Loepp, a 20-year PN veteran and its longtime managing editor, has been promoted to editor of Plastics News. Author of the popular Plastics Blog, Mr. Loepp will assume the editor’s duties after running the weekly newspaper’s day-to-day newsroom operations for many years.

David Eldridge, editor of the fortnightly, 47-year-old British plastics and rubber newspaper PRW, has accepted the position of editor of European Plastics News, the group’s pan-European, monthly magazine.