Industry Watch

Companies

E-PAK Machinery is celebrating its 20th anniversary. C-P Flexible Packaging expanded its premade PE bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting lines. K2 Kinetics acquired Robotic Packaging Machinery, LLC. Packaging manufacturer Detpak has partnered with U.S.-based Eco-Products to provide sustainable packaging solutions in Australia and New Zealand. Markem-Image acquired Blue Bite LLC, a manufacturer of innovative workflow software solutions for brand owners and product marketers. TricorBraun acquired Quebec-based RODA Packaging, expanding its presence in Eastern Canada. Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Multivac, Inc. opened a $11.2 million state-of-the-art logistics center in Kansas City, Mo., the U.S. headquarters of Multivac Group.

People

Michael Cirocco was promoted to President of Apis Wise. Steve Sundstrom was appointed President of SATO America. David Newcorn was named Executive Vice President of PMMI Media Group. Troy Snader was promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Development for ProMach’s Secondary Packaging Group. Fred Serrano joined Formost Fuji as Southwest Regional Sales Manager. Danielle Diehlmann was named Vice President, Communications for the Flexible Packaging Association. Eric Joiner was named Vice President and General Manager of Diagraph Marking & Coding, a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Bruce Hanson was named Chief Executive Officer of AWT Labels & Packaging. IQpack hired Ken Rohleder as President. He will lead the North American Packaging-as-a-Service Group and the development of the PackChain Software-as-a-Service Group. Mike Sparger was named North-Central Regional Sales Manager for Morrison Container Handling Solutions’ Illinois clients.

Andrew Olsen was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer for Eriez. Ton Knipscheer joined watttron as International Sales Director. Tony Maniscalco was appointed Business Unit Leader for SideDrive Conveyor. Ken Brown was appointed Global Category Specialist, Labels and Packaging for Fujifilm North America Corp., Graphic Systems Div.

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