Sustainability

WestRock Hires Senior Vice President of Science and Innovation

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

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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

Workforce

Duravant Announces Appointment of Chief Technology Officer

Duravant

Former operating company Co-President Louis Vintro will focus on critical technology developments.

May 27, 2020

Workforce

AWT Labels & Packaging Promotes Michelle Zeller to President

AWT Labels & Packaging

AWT Labels & Packaging promoted Michelle Zeller to President of AWT. She will retain her CFO role.

May 19, 2020

Flexible packaging

Tekni-Plex Names Vice President of Market Development

TekniPlex Consumer Products

Michael Reed joined Tekni-Plex, Inc. as Vice President of Market Development.

May 12, 2020

Workforce

Women in the Workforce - Fixing the Broken Rung

A five-year McKinsey study reveals a focus on culture, diversity, and even automation as ways to help advance women’s careers across all industries, including manufacturing.

January 2, 2020

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Volpak Names Chief Executive Officer

Volpak

Alain Zijlstra was named Chief Executive Officer for Volpak.

April 20, 2020

Workforce

Emerson Announces May 1 Deadline for 2020 ASCO Engineering Scholarships

Emerson Electric

Emerson is reminding U.S. engineering students of the May 1 deadline to apply for its 2020 ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program.

April 17, 2020

Digital Printing

Domino Appoints Key Account & OEM Manager

Domino North America

Domino appointed Mike Barry Key Account & OEM Manager, Digital Printing North America.

April 14, 2020

PMMI News

With Supply Chain Disruption Likely, CPGs, OEMs Swap Strategies

The U.S. supply chain is hanging in there now thanks to inventory and slack in the system, but current production gaps overseas, and worker absenteeism closer to home, warn of eventual supply chain disruption.

April 9, 2020