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FKI announces appointments

FKI Logistex® has announced the promotions of Todd Ploudre as controller; Kevin Brophy as manager, financial analysis; and Jill Raab as marketing communications coordinator for the company's FKI Logistex Manufacturing Systems North America.

Ploudre has served in various positions of increasing responsibility at the company's Alvey Systems unit for the past eight years. In his new position, he is focused on improving processes and integrating the division's accounting functions. He also is responsible for accounts payable.

Brophy's new focus is budgeting, forecasting, results analysis, cash management, and the financial reporting interface with FKI Logistex corporate. He has held various increasingly important financial positions at Alvey Systems during the past nine years.

Raab has seven years' experience in the group's international, beverage, and newspaper sales organizations. In her new role, she develops and executes marketing initiatives for the company's Alvey, White, and Cleco brands. Her responsibilities include coordinating advertising, sales literature, tradeshows, and Internet programs and managing the group's public relations efforts.

Raab has a B.A. in marketing with a minor in Spanish from the University of Missouri-Columbia.