Business Briefs

Mark J. Lema of East Amherst, professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo was installed as president of the 40,000 member American Society of Anesthesiologists in October. He is also chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

BNI Business Makers will conduct its weekly meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst, 6320 Main St. in Williamsville, from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7. "Because People are Your Profit ... What's Your People Strategy" will be presented by Jan Owczarczak of ESC, Employer Services Corporation. Call president, Charlie Totoro, at 688-5700 for information.

Dr. Kevin Clausner, DDS, and Williamsville Family Dentistry will offer free dental check-ups for children from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1630 Maple Road, Suite 400. Appointments are first come, first serve and can be made by calling 568-CARE (2273). For information, call 568-2273.

Severn Trent Laboratories Inc. of Amherst recently named the winner of STL's Outstanding Client Service Award for September which was Candace Fox, project manager at STL Buffalo. Fox was chosen from a group of more than 100 project managers company wide for her exceptional level of client service. Fox has been an employee for 17 years.

Cathy Fox-Evans of EMS-McMahon Agency, Inc. in Amherst was recently elected president of the Insurance Club of Buffalo, Inc. She has been in the insurance industry for 22 years and recently obtained her NYS agents license and is currently employed as an operations supervisor. She has been a member of the Insurance Club of Buffalo for the past 10 years and has served on the Board of Directors since 2003.

Andrews Jewelers, 7088 Transit Road, is currently promoting its "Journey Jewelry" for the holiday shopping season. The design features diamonds, each larger than the previous in a sweeping motion, to represent how love grows during the years a couple spends together. For more information on this new design, visit www. andrewsjewelers. com.

KC Kratt Photography, owned by KC Kratt of Amherst, a full-service commercial photography studio, has moved the Tri-Main Building, 2495 Main Street, Buffalo. For more information visit www.kckratt.com. Kratt is a member of ASMP; Brainstorm - The Communicators Club of Buffalo, Inc. and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Columbus McKinnon Corporation of Amherst, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, announced the formation of Columbus McKinnon Europe, which expands its existing Yale Europe business to include the sale of Columbus McKinnon products into European markets. The board of directors elected Wolfgang Wegener as a vice president of Columbus McKinnon Corporation and managing director of Columbus McKinnon Europe to lead the expanded business unit.

Calspan Corporation recently named Getzville resident David Roberts, as one of three senior managers for its restructured Transportation Research Group Division. Roberts, named manager of the Transportation Science and Test Center, has spent 22 years with Calspan, and oversees crash test, tire research, and sled test facilities as well as the component testing and calibration labs.