SUPPLIER news
MLP U.S.A. will relocate its corporate headquarters from Lincolnshire, IL, to Hunt Valley, MD, beginning this fall. The new headquarters will be located in a facility that also houses the Corrugated Machinery Div. of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
xpedx has announced several new appointments. James Connelly, a vice president and company officer of International Paper, has been tapped as xpedx's new COO. Dan Watkoske has been named executive vice president of sales. John Biscanti is the new executive vice president of operations. Thomas Lazzaro has joined as chief procurement officer. In other company news, xpedx held a national competition among student members of the international nonprofit organization Net Impact to develop a sustainability survey and scorecard for xpedx's supply chain. The winning team was MBA students at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.