Accutech Films Names New CEO
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(Company Announcement - March 9, 2010 - Coldwater, Ohio) Fred Wampnar has been named CEO of Accutech Films, Inc., provider of engineered films, bags, sheeting and tubing for industrial use.  Accutech is a Clondalkin Group company

Wampnar comes to Accutech after a decade with Pliant Corporation, where he was most recently General Manager of stretch/shrink films, previously holding positions of Vice President of operations, international sales, and marketing respectively.    Prior to Pliant, he held operations, sales, marketing and plant management positions with Paragon Films and Linear Films (AEP).  Wampnar is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.

“Accutech Film’s facilities create the cornerstone of our Engineered Films Business Unit in North America,” states Joe Moynihan, CEO, Clondalkin Group North America.  “Fred’s experience in the international and domestic marketplace is a tremendous asset as we look to expand our opportunities as a leader in secondary packaging products.”

Accutech Films specializes in a variety of flexible packaging products for food, beverage, automotive, agricultural, advertising, medical and industrial applications. As a solution-driven company, they excel at creating and manufacturing a diversified line of converter-grade film products for operations that require tight tolerance and excellent roll wind.  Accutech acquired Cleveland Plastic Films of Elyria, OH, in the fall of 2009, expanding their capacity and capabilities.  For more information visit www.accutechfilms.com.

Clondalkin Group is an internationally diversified specialist packaging group with over 40 separate manufacturing locations throughout North America and in 10 European countries and annual sales in excess of $1.2 billion.  The flexible packaging operations within Clondalkin Group are leading manufacturers of complex multi-layer films, form-fill seal films, polyliners, deli films and protective films used in a wide variety of food and non-food applications including industrial, service, agricultural and horticultural markets.  Clondalkin Group North America includes eight operations in the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit www.clondalkin-group.com.

For further information, contact Joe Moynihan at +1 215 440 0570.

Editor's Notes:

• Clondalkin Group is an international producer of high value added packaging products and services with over 40 production locations in 10 different countries throughout Europe and North American and annual sales in excess of $1.2 billion.

• Clondalkin comprises of two divisions, the Flexible Packaging Division and Specialist Packaging Division, employing more than 4,000 people

• The Flexible Packaging Division, which represents 70% of sales, includes our foil and laminate businesses and plastic and polymer businesses

• The Flexible Packaging Division specializes in coated and laminated waxed papers and foils, pre-cut lids, polymer-based sheets, rolls, sleeves and bags with more than 20 production locations throughout Europe and North America including, Vaassen Flexible Packaging, Nyco, Chadwicks, AP Burt, LPF Packaging, Wentus,  Van Der Windt Group, Cats-Hänsel, Accutech Films, Spiralkote, Direct Plastics and Fortune Plastics

•  The Specialist Packaging Division, which represents 30% of sales, includes our folding cartons, labels, leaflets, literature and inserts / outserts businesses and paper packaging and printing businesses.

• The Specialist Packaging Division specializes in cartons, labels, leaflets and inserts, and has approximately 20 manufacturing sites in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, the United State and Puerto Rico and Ireland.  These include well-known brands such as Boxes, Harlands, Ditone, Pharmagraphics Guy, Kenilworth Products, Cartonplex and Keller Crescent

• Clondalkin Group occupies leading positions in the following markets

  o    Pharmaceutical &  Healthcare; 
  o    Cosmetics & Toiletries; 
  o    Food & Beverage;   
  o    Biodegradable Packaging;   
  o    Confectionery & Bakery;   
  o    Dairy; 
  o    Tobacco; 
  o    Industrial; 
  o    Agricultural & Horticultural; and 
  o    Services & Leisure. 

• Clondalkin Group has extensive experience in all packaging converting technologies including extrusion, metalizing, laminating, lacquering, printing and finishing and works with all major packagin substrates including paper, board, plastics, foils and laminates