Triangle Package Machinery has hired Jay Leveroni as its new Southeast Regional Sales Manager and has appointed Kim Magon to the position of Marketing Manager.
Through a cooperative arrangement, the Chicago Area Manufacturer’s Association (C.A.M.A.) provides its customers with fully-integrated primary and end-of-line packaging solutions.
Interfilm Holdings (Piedmont, SC) will begin slitting and distributing Cellophane™ films for certain narrow-web customers of UCB Films (Smyrna, GA) located primarily in North America.
–Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia, PA) has started production of adhesives for the Latin American Region at its new Brazilian adhesives plant in Jacare’.
SKC, Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) celebrated the grand opening of its polyester film mfg. plant in Covington, GA, with an open house ceremony attended by Gov.
To attract good packaging people, companies must pay top wages without leaving behind existing packaging employees. Alternative compensation practices can also help.by David Newcorn, Senior Editor
In today's tight labor market, companies are implementing a variety of strategies-some new, some tried and true-to attract the best talent to their packaging functions.
Manufacturers in virtually every industry-including food, beverage, pharmaceutical and even electronics-report that it's getting harder and harder to find and keep good packaging people.
The recent merger of TriEnda Corp. (Portage, WI) with Triangle Plastics (Independence, IA) and Bigelow Packaging (Charlotte, NC) forms the largest thermoforming material handling plastics manufacturer in North America.
PMMI has elected its 1998 officers: Fred C. Erler (Nordson Corp.), chairman; Robert S. Potdevin (Potdevin Machine Co.), vice chairman; Rich Kalich (Imtec, Inc.), secretary-treasurer; Barry W.
Bigelow Packaging (Charlotte, NC) and Triangle Plastics (Independence, IA) extended their two-year manufacturing relationship through the year 2000 with a new manufacturing and marketing alliance.
