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HUECK FOILS Names Robert Root Director
of Strategic Business Development

WALL, NJ -- HUECK FOILS L.L.C., a leading converter of foils and films for the healthcare and food industries, has appointed Robert G. Root of Midlothian, Virginia as its new Director of Strategic Business Development, it was announced by George N. Thibeault, Jr., HUECK President and CEO. In addition to identifying and cultivating new business prospects for HUECK FOILS, Mr. Root will also direct the company’s sales and marketing activities in the U.S.

Prior to joining HUECK FOILS, Mr. Root served as president of his own executive recruiting and consulting firm, and, before that, as national sales manager for Reynolds Metal Company. A graduate of Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), he holds a Bachelor’s degree in marketing. He is a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals , and a past member of the Flexible Packaging Association, the Aluminum Association and of the Board of Directors of the Salisbury Country Club of Richmond, VA.

HUECK FOILS L.L.C. is a subsidiary of HUECK FOLIEN GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, one of the world’s largest independent foil and film converters. With facilities in Columbia, South Carolina; Weiden, Germany; Weinstadt , Germany; Baumgartenberg, Austria; and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, HUECK holds ISO 9001/EN 29001 certification for professional competence and customer-oriented emphasis on quality.

HUECK technology and services include lamination, coating, rotogravure and flexographic printing, metalizing, holography, slitting, in-house graphics preparation and cylinder engraving.

The company’s products include push-through and peelable blister foils; cold-formable foils for absolute barrier to moisture and oxygen; heat-seal coatings for PVC, PVdC, Aclar^® laminations, PET, PP and Barex^®; two-sided registered printing for compliance-style packaging; text- and barcode-printable white-lacquered foils; plus child-resistant, senior friendly and anti-counterfeiting structures. In addition, HUECK’S Pharma Finishing Services Program provides quick turnaround for customers that require materials for clinical trials, stabilities and other special needs.

HUECK FOILS is a member of both the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) and the Flexible Packaging Association. For more information, contact Angela Roggenhofer, HUECK FOILS L.L.C., 1955 Highway 34, Building Two, Wall, New Jersey 07719; telephone (732) 974-2694; fax (732) 974-4111.

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