Printer News March 2011
PEOPLE
HARTSVILLE, S.C.—Sonoco announced officer appointments in its Consumer Packaging segment. Rodger D. Fuller has been named vice president, Global Rigid Paper and Plastics; R. Howard Coker has been named vice president, Global Rigid Paper and Closures; Marcy Thompson has been elected an officer of the company and named vice president, Rigid Paper and Closures - North America; and Robert L. Puechl has been named vice president, Global Flexible Packaging, and has responsibility for Sonoco’s flexible packaging operations, including eight converting plants in the U.S., Canada, and Malaysia, along with the company’s global brand management business. In addition, Kevin P. Mahoney has been elected senior vice president of Corporate Planning.
GLEN ROCK, Pa.—Topflight Corporation announced the appointment of Rod Stone as president. He brings to the company previous management experience in executive and leadership positions across a wide range of operational, sales, and quality functions, as well as a strong background in Topflight’s key market groups.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Printing Industries Association of Southern California (PIASC) has selected Doug Rawson, CEO of Superior Lithographics, Inc., as the recipient of its Ben Franklin Award. This award recognizes Rawson’s strong leadership in his company, along with his longtime PIASC board membership that included the role of chairman in 2010.
Menasha Packaging On Sustainability
NEENAH, Wis.—Menasha Packaging announced the publication of its first corporate Sustainability Report titled, “Making the World a Better Place.” The report focuses on the company’s three-tiered approach to sustainability by increasing economic value, demonstrating social responsibility, and enhancing environmental stewardship.
In late 2010, Menasha announced that sustainability is one of the critical areas in which the company will take a market leadership position. It has already made a number of significant achievements in sustainability, including:
- New product introductions that include packaging designs use fewer raw materials in the manufacturing process with the same functionality.
- A heat-recovery system in the Neenah facility that reuses heat generated from the corrugator as a primary source of heat for the building.
- Reductions in the use of electricity, natural gas, and water.
- Installation of five Renewegy 20 kW wind turbines at its Neenah office and manufacturing complex.
- Support of environmental organizations through donations from the Menasha Corporation Foundation.
“Menasha Packaging helps its customers to protect, move, and promote their products,” said Menasha Packaging President, Mike Waite. “We are engaged in helping them create high-impact graphic packaging and merchandising products that attract shoppers and reduce their impact on the environment. At the same time, we have also made tremendous strides in reaching our internal sustainability objectives as part of our overarching goal of protecting and respecting the environment.”
I.D. Images’ Latest Acquisition
BRUNSW.ICK, Ohio—I.D. Images announced it acquired the assets of Matthews, N.C.-based label converter, Heather Label. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“This is our third strategic acquisition in the last 18 months,” said Brian Gale, I.D. Images’ president. “We continue to invest in the business and we are excited to have a physical presence
