Land O' Lakes Ingredient Solutions, Minneapolis-Julie Tiatia joins the sales force as national sales mgr., and Dacia Jones joins as sales mgr., and Dewey Wahlin joins as director of sales and marketing. Tiatia was most recently with Kerry Ingredients and has a number of sales and R&D positions in the ingredients industry. Jones comes from another division of Land O' Lakes. Wahlin was previously marketing director with Land O' Lake's Dairy Case Cheese division.
Invensys APV, Tonawanda, N.Y.-Paul Knoerl appointed sales director, APV Projects, North America. The appointment is a direct promotion for Knoerl, who was previously APV's eastern regional manager in the United States. He has more than 20 years experience in the areas of project sales and sales management and will support APV in providing enhanced customer relationships, focused market penetration and continued sales growth.