Workforce

COVID-19 Response Boosts Employee Engagement

Bill Schreiber, CEO of Batavia, NY-based O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc., talks about how his firm’s response to COVID-19 has led to greater employee engagement.

July 27, 2020

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Workforce

Duravant Appoints VP of Integrated Solutions

Duravant

Cory Hypes was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Solutions for Duravant LLC.

July 22, 2020

Workforce

Cadence, Inc. Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Cadence, Inc.

Cadence, Inc., a contract manufacturer of advanced products, technologies, and services to medical device, diagnostics, and commercial companies, is celebrating its 35th anniversary.

July 21, 2020

Additives, coatings & inks

Penn Color Announces New Appointments

Penn Color

Penn Color announced the appointment of Vicki Irons to Key Account Manager and Simon Clarke to European Industry Manager, Packaging.

July 17, 2020

Plastics/resins

Berlin Packaging Welcomes New President and CEO

Berlin Packaging

Berlin Packaging welcomes Bill Hayes as President and Chief Executive Officer. He will be based out of the company’s Chicago headquarters and will serve on its Board of Directors.

July 16, 2020

Workforce

Packaging Pros Bullish on Security & Salary Despite Uncertainty

Packaging seems insulated from much of the economic fallout of COVID-19, though not everyone is fairing equally. Women, for instance, seem to be entering the industry, and soon should be matriculating into higher salaried positions left by retiring men.

July 14, 2020

Controls & machine components

Beckhoff USA Appoints West Region District Manager

Beckhoff

Hank Lee was hired as West Region District Manager for Beckhoff Automation USA.

July 10, 2020

Robotics

Mobile Industrial Robots Appoints New President

Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR)

Denmark-based Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) appointed Søren Nielsen president. Effective August 1, Nielsen, will take over the responsibilities of MiR co-founder and CEO Thomas Visti.

July 8, 2020

Sustainability

WestRock Hires Senior Vice President of Science and Innovation

Smurfit Westrock

Rajiv Banavali was appointed Senior Vice President of Science and Innovation at WestRock Co. He will focus on building materials science capabilities that can be used as the basis for creating new products, processes, and services across the company.

July 6, 2020

Workforce

Duravant Appoints Managing Director of Food Processing EMEAI

Duravant

Erik Blom was appointed Managing Director of Food Processing EMEAI for Duravant LLC.

June 26, 2020

Workforce

Matteo Gentili Named Chairman Designate of UCIMA

UCIMA-Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association

Matteo Gentili, Chairman of TMC (Tissue Machinery Co.), has been designated as the new Chairman of UCIMA (Italian Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Union).

June 18, 2020

Shrink wrapping

Plexpack Corp. Promotes Adrian Hermosillo to Sales Manager

Plexpack Corp.

Adrian Hermosillo was promoted to Sales Manager for Plexpack Corp. He will be responsible for all Plexpack brands—Emplex, Damark, and VacPack—as well as lead Plexpack’s sales team and global distribution network.

June 17, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Eaglewood Technologies Supports Minneapolis

Eaglewood Technologies

Eaglewood Technologies would like to recognize employee, Matt Sweet and his wife Bethany for spending Friday, June 5th, passing out supplies in their south Minneapolis neighborhood.

June 9, 2020