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Roundtable CEO Group Celebrates 25th Anniversary

When independent converters gather in the same room, the camarade- rie, learning opportunities and sparks of inspiration and ideas have no limits. That’s why some of the brightest minds in the industry decided to make that kind of experience official with the launch of Roundtable CEO Group in 1999. Joseph R. Palmeri of Jamestown Container, who was one of the original members, said that they were all on the same page. They want- ed to benchmark against each other to improve their processes. This was an advantage the integrated companies had the ability to do with

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their many plant locations. Now the independents could lean on each other for support and gain answers to any questions or problems they were having. “We discussed future equipment purchases and who in the group may have had any experience with a piece of equipment that was being considered for purchase. Being in a small group you can get into much more details,” Palmeri said. In addition to Palmeri, the first group included Jay Wertheimer of Wertheimer Box; Brian Buckley of Brian Thomas Industries; Tom Skin- ner of Phoenix Packaging; Roy Allen of Buckeye Containers; Mike Sime of Creative Carton; Tim Alter of Illinois Valley Container; Brad McCros- key of Triple A Container; and CPA Mitch Klingher of Klingher Nadler, who facilitated the group with his late partner, Mort Akerman of M.S. Ackerman & Co. The inaugural meeting took place at the Plaza Hotel in New York City with industry giant Dennis Mehiel, the former CEO and principal The Roundtable CEO Group met at Swing 46 in New York City in July this year to celebrate their 25th anniversary. From left, are Taylor Mooter, Kim Schleich, Elyse Klingher, Dianna Palmeri, Michelle Cabanilla, Joe M. Palmeri, Tony Schleich, Mitch Klingher, Justin Mooter, and Larry Grossbard.

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