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Terry Gould has been appointed director of sales for the commercial papers group of Georgia-Pacific, which is based in Atlanta.

Widen Enterprises, Inc., Madison, Wis., is undertaking fundraising activities with United Way to educate troubled youth, help the disabled, increase elder care, and feed the homeless.

Prisco (Printer's Service), Newark, N.J., has opened a 50,000-square-foot facility near Charlotte, N.C. to manufacture coatings used in the offset, flexographic, and rotogravure processes.

John A. Luke Jr., president and chief executive of MeadWestvaco Corporation, Stamford, Conn., will add the role of chairman when Jerome F. Tatar retires from that position in December.

Lawrence C. Warter, director of new business development for Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., has won the Leonard Holzinger Award, presented by the Association for Graphic Solutions Providers.

Matthew J. Espe has been appointed president and chief executive of Ikon Office Solutions, Valley Forge, Pa. James J. Forese will serve as chairman until February.

Rick R. Atterbury has been named president and chief operating officer of Merrill Corporation, St. Paul, Minn. John W. Castro continues as chief executive.

PODi, a not-for-profit initiative promoting digital printing, has appointed International Business Machines to its executive board. Also, the organization has launched a transactional print initiative.

Package Service Company, LLC, Kansas City, Mo., has acquired Slate Packaging Inc. Label Group, Philadelphia.