Gentlebrand, a new, independent design agency, was born from the merge of creativity and expertise. The agency specializes in Brand Strategy, Brand Identity and Packaging Design, combining creativity with feasibility.
Five students received $4,000 scholarships from the 2019 Fall PMMI Scholarship in Memorial of Claude S. Breeden, Glenn Davis and Art Schaefer, according to PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Omron Foundation, the charitable arm of the industrial automation solutions provider, donated a new laboratory to give the students the opportunity to prepare for real-world engineering challenges.
Sussex IM has named Kyle Kopp Vice President of manufacturing. In this role, he will lead all strategic planning for manufacturing, including management of maintenance, secondary equipment, planning and team scheduling.
As companies approach year end, many department heads start to question how they will set up for success in the upcoming year. Many companies start thinking about how to proactively plan for potential challenges ranging from insufficient resources during periods of heavy work volume or what additional resources could be leveraged to meet tight deadlines. By starting to consider how to best avoid these obstacles, organizations avoid missing launch dates, errors due to rushing and are able to complete projects without disruption.
On April 24, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, University of Rhode Island (URI) President David M. Dooley, Toray Plastics (America) President and CEO Mike Brandmeier, URI College of Engineering Dean Raymond Wright, and Kalvin Cho, a URI College of Engineering student, broke ground on the construction of a new, $125 million engineering complex at URI.
Toray Plastics (America) Inc. announces that Christopher Roy (pictured left) has been promoted to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the Torayfan® Division. The company also announces that John Eustis (pictured right) has been named vice president of engineering and procurement.