Start 2026 at an Advantage in the Food Industry—attend PACK EXPO East!
Tackle new projects early in the year and find packaging and processing solutions for all types of foods, all in one trip to Philadelphia.

Appointments, promotions

Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA): John W. Consay, to replace retiree William J. Avery, CEO. —Multisorb Technologies, Inc. (Buffalo, NY): Mark E.

PMMI executive board officers: (from left) Charles D. Yuska, Bernard M. McPheely, Mel Bahr, Robert S. Potdevin.
PMMI executive board officers: (from left) Charles D. Yuska, Bernard M. McPheely, Mel Bahr, Robert S. Potdevin.

Celmer, president. —TownsendTarnell.com (Houston, TX): Scot R. Mitchell, COO. —GretagMacbeth (Regensdorf, Switzerland): Thomas J. Vacchiano, Jr., president, CEO. —PDC Intl. Corp. (South Norwalk, CT): Gary P. Tantimonico, vp; George W. Albrecht, national sales mgr. —HK Systems (Milwaukee, WI): Paul Probst, vp, Food and Beverage Center of Excellence. —The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI): Robert M. Beil, commercial vp, North America, polyolefins. —Captive Plastics (Piscataway, NJ): David Kincade, plant mgr., Peosta, IA. —TAPPI (Norcross, GA): Jim Cooper, vice chairman, Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div. Council; Jeffry J. Wooster, secretary®, Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div Council. —DuPont Cyrel® Packaging Graphics Products (Wilmington, DE): David Rashley, mgr., marketing, sales, Cyrel® Fast Systems. —Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc. (Chicago, IL): James Cannavino, gen. mgr. —Galil Motion Control (Rocklin, CA): Joseph Volpe, dir., sales. —BCM Inks USA, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH): Sumner M. “Sonny” Saeks, executive. vp, COO. —Deskey Associates (Cincinnati, OH): Warren A. Church, account executive. —Axon Corp. (Raleigh, NC): Randy Victor, dir., sales, Styrotech.

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List: Digitalization Companies From PACK EXPO
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