Golden West Packaging Announces New Leadership Team Members Los Angeles, California based Golden West Packaging Group announced that Mark J. Favre has been named Chief Executive Officer, Brian McDonnell has been named Chief Financial Officer, and Doug Keim has been named Senior Vice President of Customer Experience.
Group, where he has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of North America since 2012. Keim has decades of experience driving transformation, innovation and customer experience and joins Golden West after serving as Vice President, Customer Experience, at Hon- eywell Building Technologies. “Our plan is to continue to grow Golden West’s position as the premier packaging solutions supplier on the West Coast,” Favre said. “We will drive accelerated growth, pro- vide customers with innovative and high-quality solutions, and expand our offerings and capabilities. Golden West has an impressive reputation and a dedicated team of employees. Brian, Doug and I are eager to help take the company to the next level of growth, quality and service.” Golden West is also announcing significant invest- ments in new equipment, including a new Bobst 64” Mas- terflute In-Line Laminator to be installed in the company’s Sacramento facility, as well as several new machines to add printing, die cutting and folder gluer capacity in South- ern California, Northern California and the Pacific North- west. These investments are in addition to the Heidelberg XL 162-6 large format printing press that was recently in- stalled and commissioned in Sacramento. “The addition of these new machines, along with other forthcoming plans, reflect our long-term growth strategy to invest in best-in-class equipment and technology across our entire manufacturing footprint up and down the West Coast,” said Wenter.
Mark Favre
Brian McDonnell
Doug Keim
They will join the senior leadership team that includes Kelley Wenter, Chief Operating Officer; Eric Gordon, Chief Sales Officer; and Melissa Price, Head of People and Cul- ture. Together, these leaders have decades of experience driving growth and sharp customer focus in the packaging industry. Favre has been in the packaging industry for 35 years and joins Golden West from GoldenCorr Sheets, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2018. McDon- nell joins Golden West following 17 years at Smurfit Kappa
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