Mark Beamesderfer, packaging services director, Metsä Board, has more than 24 years of experience in design, prepress, print and converting. Starting out in books, directories and STM journals, his career moved him to Singapore and China in 2004 where he transitioned to packaging and has started up green field packaging operations prior to joining Metsä Board in 2011 in its Shanghai, China location. There, Beamesderfer started up Metsä Board’s global packaging design service. He relocated back to the USA in 2015 where he is currently expanding the company’s design capabilities in its Norwalk, Conn. office. Contact him at mark.beamesderfer@metsagroup.com.