Flexible packaging

Plexpack Appoints Lisa Hunt CEO

Lisa Hunt was appointed CEO of Plexpack Corp. effective January 5, 2020. She will take over from Paul Irvine, Owner and Chairman, who has dedicated and cultivated the company over his 29 years tenure.

January 5, 2021

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Sustainability

Marge Eggie Receives Award from the International Bottled Water Association

Polymer Solutions International

Marge Eggie, Sales Specialist for Polymer Solutions International, received the Kristin Safran Directors’ Award for 2020 from the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA).

December 21, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Serac Hires Regional Sales Manager, Mexico

Serac Inc

Rodrigo Melo Sanfuentes was hired as Regional Sales Manager, Mexico for Serac Inc.

December 18, 2020

Plastics/resins

Toray Plastics Adds Sales Representative

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Corbin Nichols joined Toray Plastics (America), Inc. as a sales representative in its Torayfan Division.

December 17, 2020

Thermoform/fill/seal

Harpak-ULMA Launches Bakery and Confectionery Market Initiative

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

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

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, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

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