Industry Watch—June 2014

A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the June 2014 issue of Packaging World.

Companies
Intertape Polymer Group received Energy Star recognition for the growth of its energy program and leadership as a medium-sized manufacturer.

H.B. Fuller opened the Packaging Center of Excellence at its North American headquarters, which is accessible year-round for robust packaging engineering and technical services.

tna opened a new office in Wettringen, German.

Olympus Partners acquired Pregis Corp. North America.

thelamco, inc. achieved Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program chain-of-custody certification.

Videojet has partnered with ServiceMax to enhance customer service.

Placon acquired Plastic Packaging Corp.

AmeriLam Supply Group is the exclusive distributor of Komfi Laminators.

The recently formed Metal FX Films LLC is operational and producing brushed films at its 16,000 sq-ft facility in Bridgewater, NJ.

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has partnered with GE Intelligent Platforms, a General Electric Co., to provide food and beverage manufacturers with integrated food safety and connectivity solutions.

Menasha Packaging expanded its Folding Carton Group facility in Neenah, WI, which added 26,500 sq ft to the facility plus 59,000 sq ft in warehouse space that includes new shipping and receiving areas.

Multivac, Inc. will begin expanding its existing services to its customers by increasing the number of sales regions from two to four. Multivac will also hire sales, technical service, and customer service staff.

People
Aprac LLC announced the following new personnel: Daniel Tillery, Southern California Regional Field Service Manager; Charles Smith, Southeast Regional Technician; David Johnson, Technical Service Engineer; Jason Brown, Service Technician; and Ross Hegg, Controls Engineer.

Ronald Maietta was appointed Manager of Lean Manufacturing for Fox IV Technologies, Inc.

Julie Cross was appointed Technical Director of Domino Printing Sciences’ Digital Printing Solutions Div.

Nick White was appointed OEM Manager of Shibuya Hoppmann.

Steve Glenn was appointed Digital Printing Account Manager-Western Region for Domino.

Stella Glavin was appointed Group IT Manager for Nelipak Healthcare Packaging.

Lucia Lamonarca was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Ipack-Ima Spa.

Michael Bouchard was promoted to Vice President of Sales, North America for Domino Amjet.

 

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