Passion for the Business

"The combination of Superior Label and Wisconsin Label to form WS Packaging marked a milestone for the North American label industry," says Gerace. "It demonstrated the potential and capacity of the label industry to accommodate very large multi-regional converters."

Although WS Packaging started big, it got bigger with a relatively quick succession of acquisitions. Between 2001 and the end of 2007, nine companies were brought into the fold, and Kidd played a major role in the integration work.