Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announced that Christopher Roy has been appointed chief executive officer and will continue as president and chief operating officer.
Roy has been with Toray Plastics America for more than 25 years and will assume full responsibility for the company. He replaces Ken Kurokawa, who has been on assignment at Toray in Rhode Island since 2018 and has returned to Japan for a new position as senior director and general manager of the Shiga Plant.
Toray also announces that Christopher Voght has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Torayfan Division. Voght most recently served as general manager of that division.
Roy has been president and COO of Toray Plastics America, Inc., since 2022 and managed the company’s three operating divisions — Torayfan and Lumirror films and PEF foams.
He also oversaw Toray’s finance, human resources, environmental health and safety, purchasing, engineering and maintenance, research and development, and marketing support functions.
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., is a leading manufacturer of polyester, polypropylene, and metallized films and polypropylene and polyethylene foams.
Michael Delemos has been appointed to the position of vice president, U.S. Corporate Information Systems at Toray Industries America, Inc.
He is now responsible for leading the information systems activities of the Toray U.S. Group’s ten companies, including Toray Plastics (America).
Delemos most recently served Toray as senior director of Information Systems and Security. He joined Toray in 2000 as a Technology Development coordinator and eventually served as the company’s IT manager and director of Information Systems and Quality Assurance.
He was instrumental in establishing Toray’s information systems and security.
“Michael has been a tremendous asset to Toray Plastics (America), guiding the development and implementation of its information systems and security operations,” said Michael Brandmeier, deputy chief representative for Toray Industries America.
Delemos earned a BS in Information Systems from the University of Rhode Island. He reports to The promotion was effective October 1.
North Kingstown
- North Kingstown Town Manager Ralph Mollis announced that the town will sponsor again its Second Annual Post Road Winter Wonderland Holiday Decoration grant program.
Reimbursement funds of up to $1,000 will be available to Post Road business owners and tenants to decorate their property for the upcoming holiday season.
This grant is intended to encourage businesses to participate in decorating their property along this important avenue. Applications can be found on our town website or by contacting the town’s Planning Department.
He also noted that the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the town’s Annual Tree Lighting in Updike Park on November 30.
He pointed out that the town removed and relocated the tree in Updike Park that is used for its annual tree lighting festivities.
“We are in the process of locating a temporary replacement for this upcoming season and then a permanent, healthier replacement to be planted this coming spring,” he said.
South Kingstown
- South Shore Village’s new nine-hole golf course opened October 13 for the late fall.
The course, designed by Ronald Stuart Cutlip, golf course architect, will be routed and sculptured in a “links” style. The golf course routing takes advantage of the natural contours, wetlands, and elevation changes.
The course starts out as a park land/woodland course and then evolves into a links style course as it nears the club house. This nine-hole (3,407 yards par 35) layout can play a regulation 18 holes (6,814 yards par 70) championship course by playing two rounds. Each round could be played from a different tee location.
The site selected for the South Shore Village and Country Club golf course has various offerings, which include sandy loam soils, pine forests slightly rolling contours.
These sandy loam soils are provide foundations for turf quality and drainage. The natural topography has an undulating roll, which is ideal for fairway construction, visual interest, and playability.
A grand opening is planned for May 2024. For more information about the community and golf course, visit southshorevillageri.com.
- Orthopedic surgeon Robert Marchand, MD of Ortho Rhode Island, which has a surgery center at South County Hospital, completed the 1,000th joint replacement surgery performed at the Ortho RI Surgery Center’s newest location in Warwick.
The Ortho RI Surgery Center, which has provided care since opening in 2021 at 300 Crossings Boulevard in Warwick is home to innovative, same-day orthopedic surgery for patients throughout southern New England.
Hip and shoulder replacements in addition to knee replacements are done at the surgery center as part of the practice’s provider of orthopedic surgical and consultation services.
In addition to same-day joint replacement surgery, the Ortho RI Surgery Center provides outpatient surgeries in a variety of orthopedic subspecialties.
These include spine, sports medicine, hand and upper extremity, and foot and ankle. Ortho Rhode Island surgeons complete more complex cases at partner hospitals.
“Ortho Rhode Island is proud to serve our community’s orthopedic needs at the Ortho RI Surgery Center,” said Ortho Rhode Island President and CEO Michael Bradley, MD, MBA, MS.
- The Washington Trust Company, which has an office in Wakefield, was recently recognized with an Exemplary Worksite Health Award from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
The Annual Worksite Health Awards, hosted by BCBSRI and the Chamber, celebrate Rhode Island companies that are dedicated to quality improvements for their employees.
This year marks the seventh consecutive year that Washington Trust has received the Exemplary designation and the 16th year overall that the organization has been named to the winners list.
“At Washington Trust, we value people above all else and are proud to provide a dynamic wellness program that focuses on maintaining and improving the health of our employees and their families,” said Kristen DiSanto, senior executive vice president and chief human resources officer.
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