Robotics

Sixto Moralez Joins Beckhoff USA as South Region Sales Manager

Moralez will lead business development activities in the southern U.S. He brings nearly two decades of automation industry experience, spanning engineering, sales, and management, with a particular focus on motion control and robotics.

September 15, 2022

Workforce: Page 30

PMMI News

PMMI Announces Fifth Annual On the Rise Awards Winners

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

Developed by PMMI’s Emerging Leaders Committee, the awards recognize 10 young professionals who have demonstrated leadership potential in packaging and processing.

September 13, 2022

Retail display packaging

Tim Walsh Appointed Chief Financial Officer of Vanguard Companies

Vanguard Packaging

Walsh will own and manage Vanguard’s financials and drive value via targeted corporate initiatives related to mergers and acquisitions and organizational development as the company scales growth nationally.

September 13, 2022

PMMI News

Honoring Hall of Fame Careers: Pierre Pienaar of WPO

The Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame is inducting four new members into its ranks in 2022. Pierre Pienaar joins the Hall of Fame as a global ambassador and educator for packaging and packaging education.

September 8, 2022

PMMI News

Honoring Hall of Fame Careers: Rebecca Oesterle of IoPP

The Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame is inducting four new members into its ranks in 2022. Rebecca Oesterle joins the Hall of Fame with decades of packaging and project management experience and offers a guiding voice for future packagers.

September 8, 2022

PMMI News

Honoring Hall of Fame Careers: Jean-Jacques Graffin of Serac

The Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame is inducting four new members into its ranks in 2022. The late Jean-Jacques Graffin joins the Hall of Fame for his work as an inventor and entrepreneur who revolutionized the dairy manufacturing and packaging world.

September 8, 2022

PMMI News

Honoring Hall of Fame Careers: Jeff Rhodehamel of Clemson University

The Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame is inducting four new members into its ranks in 2022. Jeff Rhodehamel joins the Hall of Fame with a unique combination of leadership experience in government, the private sector, and academia.

September 8, 2022

Workforce

Salary Power Shifts Toward Employees, Away from Employers

Results of the annual Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) Salary Survey are in, and salaries/wages are higher than ever for packaging industry workers.

September 9, 2022

PMMI News

Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Welcomes Four New Members

Four professionals will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 during PACK EXPO International. Honored will be Jean-Jacques Graffin, Rebecca Oesterle, Pierre Pienaar, and Jeff Rhodehamel.

September 8, 2022

Sustainability

Keith Tornes Appointed Managing Director for DS Smith

DS Smith Packaging Systems

DS Smith appointed Keith Tornes as Managing Director, paper, forestry, and recycling for North America.

September 6, 2022

Operational Excellence

Bumble Bee Derives Employee Engagement from Major Equipment Installation

September 2, 2022

Sustainability

Cartoner Ushers Bumble Bee Out of Plastic Shrink, Into Paperboard Multipacks

An enterprise-wide focus on sustainability pushed Bumble Bee Seafood to reinvent multipacking in a more readily recyclable, paperboard format. A 'Rolls Royce' of a cartoner certainly helped.

September 2, 2022

Operational Excellence

New Changeparts Approach has Beam Suntory in High Spirits

By centralizing changeparts storage and management, tasking individuals to be responsible for changeparts inventory and maintenance, and rethinking changeover practices to be leaner and more efficient, operators at Beam Suntory are enjoying significantly

August 29, 2022