appointed product development manager-Northwest for Simpson Timber Company. He succeeds John Gould, who is leaving fulltime employment.
Dr. Bohme comes to Simpson from Champion International, where he had been director of the container technology, sales, and converting division in Minneapolis since 1976. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, he earned his doctorate degree in physical chemistry.
The principal tasks of the Simpson Technical Center, where Dr.
Bohme will be stationed, are to develop new products and to work with manufacturing and sales staffs on questions related to the manufacture and use of the existing line of overlaid plywood products.
Simpson is a leading U.S. manufacturer of overlaid plywood products that are used for concrete forming in a wide variety of marine, construction, and industrial applications.
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