Adams Rite Manufacturing Co. of Pomona, Calif., has announced that Kevin Hamilton will be the new group director of its architectural hardware group (AHG). The company has also announced that it is reorganizing AHG to include both customers and products of both Markar Architectural Products Inc. and Adams Rite North America. Adams Rite Manufacturing acquired Markar in February 2002.

The following promotions and appointments have also been made as part of the reorganization: Dave Orban has been promoted to vice president of business development; Ron Gentner has been appointed eastern sales manager; Gary Deter will be business development manager for AHG; Larry Whipple is the business development manager for OEM markets; and Scott Sabatini has been promoted to manager, architectural specifications.