Meet PMMI’s 2020 Emerging Leaders on the Rise

These rising stars share their perspective on the manufacturing industry and how they built a career in the packaging and processing space.

Natalie Craig

Dec 17, 2020

As a way to recognize young talent making their mark on the packaging and processing industries, PMMI set out to find 12 rising stars. OEM Magazine spoke with each On the Rise Award winner to learn about the challenges they have faced and overcome, as well as where they see the packaging and processing industries heading in the near future.

To access each winner's Q&A, click on their name.

Mike Wolf, Research and Development Manager, Triangle Packaging Machinery Company

Erica Lano, Business Development Manager, Cama North America

Amanda Nimry, Global Graphic Design and Branding Specialist, Liquibox

Chris Anguil, Banding Sales Manager, Pharmaceuticals, Felins

Amit Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Food and Beverage, Emerson

Cristina Astahov, HR Generalist, BellatRx Inc.

Cody Leedham, Engineering Manager, Change Parts, Inc.

Vannesa Palomo, Project Engineer, Sales Engineer for Latin America and Sales Force CRM Lead, Zalkin

Yvette Goitia, Proposals and Project Manager, Intralox, LLC

Christopher Staruch, Production Manager, Batching Systems, Inc.

Katie Exum, Product Success Manager, Specright

Erik Grinnell, Vice President of Automation, Quest Industrial

Felins

Quest Industrial

Specright

Emerson

Zalkin

Liquibox

BellatRx Inc.

Cama North America

Triangle Technologies, Inc.

Change Parts, Inc.

Intralox

Batching Systems

Videos from BellatRx Inc.

Private video

Nutritional Powder - Food Supplement - Magna Capper

Complete Liquid Packaging Line Integration - Whiskey - Beverage & Spirits

Videos from Cama North America

La Provincia UNICA TV ENG B

CAMA Label packaging machine

Cama Casepacker for Dairy industry

Videos from Intralox

Series 2300 Dual Turning Belt

Intralox Series 1000

Intralox Series 2100 Zero Tangent

Machinery Basics

A Look into the World of Cartoning Equipment

A Look at Feeding and Inserting Equipment on the Packaging Line

How Products are Loaded and Sealed into Pre-Made Bags and Pouches

Coding & Marking Equipment: Why It’s So Important in Packaging

Figure 1: An HMI is a vital and highly visible way for operators to interact, so it must provide clear visualization, extensive connectivity, and scalable design flexibility.

Building a Modular Machine Visualization Solution

Mespack innovated and modularized to best meet customer needs, including an equally flexible Emerson Movicon.NExT HMI/SCADA to standardize their products and support future advancements.

Cadbury will be using 1,000 metric tons of certified circular BOPP leveraging ExxonMobil’s Exxtend technology to package approximately 500 million family-sized Dairy Milk Chocolate blocks.

Cadbury Uses Certified-Circular BOPP for Chocolate Bars

British Sugar’s main product is granulated sugar, shown here in retail bags packed in a retail-ready tray-and-lid package.

Sugar Producer Emphasizes Flexibility in End-of-Line Solution

Aldi plans to eliminate over 10 metric tons of non-recyclable packaging annually by switching to recyclable wrappers for two of its own-label butters.

Aldi, Paulig, and Scan Sverige Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations

Pail Filling: Highly Accurate Fill Cycles Ensure Optimal Yield & Rate

Rethinking Packaging Robotics to Prioritize Flexibility

In this eBook, you’ll learn how to guard against the traps that CPGs sometimes inadvertently set for themselves when implementing robotics that lead to automation “brittleness.”

Special Report: Track & Trace

Discover new tools to approach the supply chain that allow you to leverage your data, see real-time visibility, and forecast future sales. You’ll also learn about KH Hive, an in-house digital demand planning tool that Kraft Heinz created to help the company realize its goals, forecasting sales expectation down to the SKU level, location level, and daily level.

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