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Gardan Inc. appoints Vandenberg general manager

Robb Vandenberg has been appointed general manager at Gardan Inc.

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, a provider of packaging and assembly operations. Vandenberg will have full management responsibility for Gardan’s main facility in Hortonville, WI, as well as the company’s new branch facility in Brillion, WI.

Vandenberg has more than 15 years of manufacturing and operations experience. He worked as an engineer, materials manager, general manager, and vice president of manufacturing for multiple Fortune 500 and small, private companies.

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