Cascades Collaborates To Manufacture Medical Visors
Cascades applauds the leadership of businesses such as Bauer and Tristan—with whom Cascades is already collaborating—for initiating local projects to manufacture much-needed medical equipment during this pandemic. “Our company is very pleased to be able to contribute to these promising and important initiatives by providing materials and components,” said Mario Plourde, President and CEO of Cascades. “We applaud the organizations launching these projects and want to thank our employees for their remarkable agility and dedication.” Other projects have been submitted to Cascades, and the company is assessing the feasibility of supplying mate- rials and production capacity needed for their completion. These special orders will be added to Cascades’ current production activities and will not interfere with the com- pany’s ongoing ability to manufacture essential products. Cascades has been recognized as an essential business during this crisis and all of its plants remain operational.
Kingsey Falls, Quebec, Canada based Cascades, a manu- facturer of eco-friendly recovery, packaging and hygiene solutions, announced that it will supply recycled plastic needed to make medical visors to help in the fight against COVID-19. This comes in response to an initiative led by the Tristan and Bauer companies, which will ensure the final assembly of the components. Cascades already manufactures rolls of extruded plas- tic to supply Tristan. It also started production of a mini- mum of 1 million pre-cut visors for Bauer on April 6. The first units were delivered in the same week. All these prod- ucts will be made at the Cascades plant in Drummondville, Quebec. Cascades’ efforts are supported by nu-b, a Que- bec company, which supplies extruded rolled plastic.
The health and wellbeing of its employees remain a top priority and all necessary mea- sures are being taken to protect their safety. Great Northern Adds Kehler As VP, Sales Development Oshkosh, Wisconsin based Great Northern Corporation (GNC) - Oshkosh reported that it added Bruce Kehler as Vice President,
Sales Development. In his new role, Kehler will provide sales leader- ship, strategic account development and key account management. “Bruce’s deep back- ground in Fortune 500
Bruce Kehler
consumer goods packaging, web printing, converting, customer strategy and relation- ship development makes him a valuable ad- dition to Great Northern,” said John Davis, Chief Executive Officer of GNC. Kehler comes to GNC from Amcor Flexi- bles North America (formerly Bemis North America), where he most recently served as Senior Director Sales – Global Key Accounts. In this role, his responsibilities included the development of key account strategies, com- mercial plans and account agreements. Pre- viously, he served as VP Sales – Bemis North America, where he led a team of account managers and sales directors, executed ac- count strategies, and developed marketing, manufacturing, and R&D solutions. He attended both St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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