PlasticsEurope, the pan-European association representing European plastics manufacturers, is announcing the appointment of Leonor Garcia as Director Public Affairs. She will take up her new position at PlasticsEurope as of September 1, 2015. Presently, she is Director Corporate Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company, responsible for providing thought leadership,
Read moreHusky Injection moulding Systems today announced changes within its global Beverage Packaging organization. Gerardo Chiaia will take on the new role of President of Global Beverage Packaging for Husky. In this role, Mr Chiaia will be focused on continuing to grow the business through the ongoing development of innovative technologies that
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On July 6th, 2015, Mark Stirpe joined Athena in the role of Business Manager, PET reporting to Jim Overbeeke, VP of Sales and Engineering. His responsibilities include sales and project engineering for preform machines and PET relationships across all levels. Mr Stirpe brings over 13 years of product development, sales engineering
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In March of this year, Krones reported that changes were afoot within its Executive Board. At the time, due to an agreement with the incoming CFO’s current employer, Krones was not at liberty to disclose the name of the successor to CFO Christoph Klenk, who had been appointed to take over
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Effective July 27, 2015, Dr. Stieler will succeed Jan Siebert, who has led the KraussMaffei Group since January 2012, and who is leaving at his own request. "Dr. Stieler is a charismatic leader with an outstanding track record of more than twenty years of international experience in renowned German industrial companies
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In this position Mr Cabana will provide direct service to national accounts, oversee regional sales activities, and develop sales strategy for Riverdale Global’s range of liquid colorants and additives. Included in his responsibilities is the company’s Sealed Color total system for localised supply and service, which uses sealed containers for delivering
Read moreDavid Pritchett has been appointed president of Rieke. He succeeds Lynn Brooks, who has retired after 18 years and who will now continue with the company in an advisory role. Rieke designs and manufactures a wide range of highly engineered dispensing pumps and closures for many different end markets including food
Read moreAmcor Chairman, Mr Graeme Liebelt, today announced that after 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Mr Ken MacKenzie has decided to retire from the position of Managing Director and CEO. Mr MacKenzie will leave Amcor at the end of the 2015 financial year and be succeeded by Mr Ron Delia,
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Tech-Long, supplier of packaging systems and turn-key solutions to the bottling and packaging industries announced the appointment of Keith Boss to Chief Executive Officer, Americas today. Boss joins Tech-Long after spending more than 25 years in the packaging industry having held senior executive positions with both Husky Injection Moulding Systems and
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