PMMI News

Honoring Hall of Fame Careers: Jane Chase of IoPP

Now on a biennial cadence, the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame is inducting four new members into its ranks in 2020. Jane Chase joins the Hall of Fame with a particular interest in getting future generations on board with packaging careers.

October 1, 2020

Workforce: Page 53

PMMI News

Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Welcomes Four Members

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies announces the Class of 2020 Inductees.

October 1, 2020

Workforce

Key Technology Appoints Director of Marketing

Key Technology, Inc., a Duravant company

Key Technology appointed Marco Azzaretti Director of Marketing. He will be responsible for marketing strategies and initiatives that will promote the company’s digital sorting, conveying, and process automation solutions worldwide.

September 22, 2020

Cartoning

Custom Cartoner Helps Employ the Blind

As a non-profit with a mission to create jobs, automation can be a tricky proposition. But with a custom machine optimized to be easily used by legally blind operators, Horizon Industries struck a positive balance between labor and automation.

September 21, 2020

Plastics/resins

Toray Plastics Announces New Appointments

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Toray Plastics announced that Christopher Roy was appointed Executive Vice President, Matt Brown was appointed Vice President and General Manager, Lumirror Div., and Chris Nothnagle was appointed Senior Director of Sales and Marketing, Lumirror Div.

September 21, 2020

Filling/capping, dry

Spee-Dee Expands Sales Team

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc.

Jessica Bartlett was named Regional Sales Manager, Midwest, for Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery.

September 15, 2020

Robotics

RōBEX Names New President

RōBEX

Craig Francisco was named President of RōBEX. He will lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the company and its three business units: Automation & Robotics, Industrial Services and Annealing Lehr installation & maintenance for glassmakers.

September 11, 2020

Sustainability

Johan Nilsson Joins Syntegon’s Executive Board

Syntegon

Johan Nilsson joined Syntegon Technology’s executive board. He will head the newly created Service and Digital Solutions business unit.

September 2, 2020

Flow wrapping

Barry-Wehmiller Announces New Appointments

BW Packaging (a Barry-Wehmiller Company)

Kyle Chapman was promoted to President of Barry-Wehmiller and Michael Monarchi joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.

August 31, 2020

Robotics

Bosch Rexroth Announces Management Changes in North America

Bosch Rexroth Corporation

Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, will retire on December 31, 2020 after 38 years with Bosch. His successor as of December 1, 2020, will be Greg Gumbs.

August 31, 2020

Workforce

A Circular Problem: Labor Shortages and Expanded Manufacturing Automation

The continued issue of labor shortages in the manufacturing sector can also create problems for companies that want to expand automation in their operations. Can OEMs help?

August 28, 2020

Palletizing/depalletizing

KHS and Ferrum Expand Partnership

KHS USA

Pending approval from antitrust authorities, KHS GmbH announced it will be acquiring a stake in Ferrum Packaging AG.

August 28, 2020

Workforce

Colbert Packaging Makes a Difference Employing and Mentoring Youth

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Seven plus years ago, Tim Price, Vice President/General Manager of Colbert Packaging offered Kyle Kamerer Jr. a job performing general manufacturing labor. Today, he’s supervising a department at Colbert.

August 25, 2020