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over; he had no idea we were discussing it.” Referring to Jim’s vigilance in guarding the company’s reputation, she adds, “He wanted to say yes, but he says, ‘OK, well, let’s give this some thought and make sure it sounds right, it looks right.’” Kristin’s focus at Central plays on her strengths in in- formation technology, systems, and human resources. The company is a union shop, so Kristin has a key role in em- ployee relations. “I could just interact with people in such a
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different way, so I got very involved in employment issues and the things more outward facing,” she says. Enter The Third Generation Austin Haglund, 25, is Mike’s son and is the third gen- eration of Haglunds to enter the business. He joined the company in 2019. Like his father, he started by working summers. “I started coming in and working in assembly when I was 15,” he says. “I had seven friends come in, and we all worked in the back for five years through the rest of high school and all of college.” From there, he worked in design and sample-making, customer service, and then in quality assurance. He’s now on a sales track, managing accounts of his own. “It’s not the most glamorous industry,” he says when asked why he chose to come into the business. “But I’ve always enjoyed it. I grew up with it.” In 2013, Jim and Mike had a conversation about the future of the business and what role the Haglund family would play in the years ahead. Says Mike, “I had an illness in 2013, so we weren’t quite sure of the future. Once things got better, we started talking about bringing in someone to Now that Jim Haglund has stepped back from the day-to-day running of Central Package & Display, he tells his executives that he’ll do whatever relevant job they want him to do. Hold- ing his new grandson, Oscar Ellison Haglund, on his lap is what he calls “the most relevant of all jobs.”
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