Thermoform/fill/seal

Harpak-ULMA Launches Bakery and Confectionery Market Initiative

Harpak-ULMA launched a North American initiative to help the bakery and confectionery market improve flexibility and operational performance in response to COVID-19 business disruptions.

December 16, 2020

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Sustainability

WestRock Appoints Chief Sustainability Officer

Smurfit Westrock

Brandi Colander was appointed Chief Sustainability Officer for WestRock.

December 15, 2020

Flexible packaging

Eco Flexibles Appoints Business Unit Manager

Eco Flexibles

Paul Edwards was appointed Business Unit Manager of Eco Flexibles.

December 14, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner Appoints Regional Sales Director

Dorner

Matthew Kelley was appointed Regional Sales Director for Dorner. He will lead a team of regional managers to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business.

December 11, 2020

Workforce

K2 Kinetics Adds Vice President of Sales

K2 Kinetics, LLC

Roland Strabler was hired as Vice President of Sales for K2 Kinetics, LLC.

December 8, 2020

Robotics

Brown Machine Group Appoints Kurt Huelsman President of NAS

Brown Machine Group

Brown Machine Group (BMG) appointed Kurt Huelsman President of NAS (Nalle Automation Systems), including the robotics solutions of Axatronics, which represents the packaging automation platform of the Brown Machine Group.

December 7, 2020

Case erect/seal

WestRock Announces Chief Marketing Officer

Smurfit Westrock

Margaret Herndon joined WestRock as Chief Marketing Officer.

December 4, 2020

PMMI News

Purdue Northwest College of Technology Awarded Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship

PMMI

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, announces that Purdue Northwest College of Technology is the 2020 recipient of the Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship.

December 3, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Massman Automation Hires Regional Sales Manager

Massman Automation, a Massman Company

Ray Musson was hired as Regional Sales Manager of case packing and palletizing for Massman Automation Designs, LLC’s Central and Central South regions.

December 3, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Serac Group Announces Chief Sales Officer

Serac Inc

Dino Chece, President/CEO, of the Serac Group, announces the promotion of Nicolas Ricard to Chief Sales Officer (CSO).

December 3, 2020

Workforce

What Your Peers Are Earning: IoPP Salary Survey Results

How do you stack up? Watch (less than five minutes) video with Jane Chase of IoPP and Packaging World’s Matt Reynolds.

December 1, 2020

Workforce

Clemson Announces 2021 Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award Winners

Clemson University

From Clemson University comes news about two 2021 awards. Austin Moore won the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award and Sydney Wilson received the Packaging World Outstanding Senior Award.

December 1, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Morrison Container Handling Hires Southeast Regional Sales Manager

Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Scott Bolnick was hired as Southeast Regional Sales Manager for Morrison Container Handling Solutions.

December 1, 2020