Business Management - Operations

ePac Flexible Packaging is expanding into the Atlanta market by opening a plant in Gwinnett County in early 2019. ePac Atlanta is a partnership between ePac Holdings, Windell McGill, and F&S Capital, a Tulsa, Okla.-based investment company.

Agfa Graphics has announced that it will be closing its 250,000-sq.-ft. offset printing plate manufacturing facility in Branchburg, N.J., by the end of this year in order to optimize its global production capacity and supply chain efficiencies. The plant closure will impact 125 workers.

Sara Dunn has joined NAPCO Media, packagePRINTING's parent company, as strategy and business development manager of the Packaging and Printing brands. She most recently served as managing director of the Packaging School.

Sun Chemical has announced that Myron Petruch will be its new president and CEO. Petruch will officially begin in this capacity on Jan. 1, 2019, succeeding Rudi Lenz, who will transition to the role of Sun Chemical's vice chairman of the board.

For more than 140 years, Smyth Companies has been a pioneer in labels and packaging, tackling new technologies and exploring ways to serve its customers.

Koenig & Bauer is strengthening its position and focus to target the globally increasing demand for all types of offset printed labels. As part of this refocus, Koenig & Bauer's research and development team is working to produce critical press features for this growing market.

Lisa Cross has joined NAPCO Research, a division of NAPCO Media, as principal analyst. Cross, who was formerly the associate director of Keypoint Intelligence-InfoTrends’ Business Development Strategies service, will author original research.

Citing increases in demand for flexible packaging, Mondi is expanding its U.S. operations for increased flat-bottom bag production. Mondi is targeting the food, pet food and home and personal care markets for these flexible packaging applications.

Domino announced Bob Fish would join the team as account manager, Digital Printing North America, covering Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Fish has more than 20 years of experience in the industry.

As it bolsters the staff of its fast-growing flexographic printing division, KBA North America named Preston Neetzel as its new technical sales manager for KBA-Flexotecnica.