Packaging Strategies Names 2025 Women In Packaging
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Packaging Strategies has announced its 2025 Women in Packaging honorees, recognizing professionals whose di- verse backgrounds and experiences are shaping today’s packaging industry. This year’s theme, “Seizing Opportu- nities, Pushing Boundaries,” highlights how these leaders are driving progress and redefining possibilities across ev- ery sector of the field. Denise Lu, Vice President of Global Packaging Coat- ings at PPG, put it in a nutshell when she offered her ad-
THE HAIRE GROUP www.hairegroup.com
Haire Group is the premier provider of new machinery for the corrugated industry. From the Apstar line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, the Encore line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, and the Engico flexo folder glu- er, Haire is able to pair clients with the best machinery solu- tions for the best value to meet their needs. Haire Group’s service department helps its customers maximize uptime and profitability through superior 24/7 service and support, a pre-install training center, and over a million dollars’ worth of spare parts at their offices just outside of Chicago. Haire Group has been the industry’s #1 pre-owned machinery bro- ker and plant equipment appraiser since 1976. HarperLove is the leading provider of specialty adhesives, performance additives, and wet-strength resins to corru- gated packaging manufacturers. With the largest and most experienced field service and technical support team posi- tioned throughout the U.S. and Latin America, HarperLove has a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding service and delivering demonstrable performance improve- ments. HarperLove’s renowned services include not only innovative product development and custom product for- mulation, but also machine and process assessments, ad- hesive formula adjustments, machine tuning, detailed ser- vice reporting, and more. HARPERLOVE www.HarperLove.com Kernic Systems has been a leading global provider of re- cycling equipment solutions since 1978. For over 40 years, Kernic Systems has provided balers, air conveying and dust collection systems, shredders, industrial vacuums, and re- cycling equipment to a wide range of markets. Today, Ker- nic Systems serves customers with an expanded offering of standard products and custom-engineered systems through three primary business divisions: Recycling Solu- tions, Dust Collection and Air Pollution Control, and Material Handling. Kiwiplan provides state-of-the-art software solutions to cor- rugated, folding carton, plastics and flexible packaging fa- cilities around the globe. Kiwiplan’s Total Solution delivers comprehensive, seamless real-time flow of information from sales order management to dynamic total plant scheduling and inventory control through shipping. With deep manu- facturing and distribution expertise, Kiwiplan knows the specific problems customers face and provides the spe- cialized software they need to adapt, compete, and win in today's rapidly changing world. KERNIC SYSTEMS www.kernicsystems.com KIWIPLAN www.kiwiplan.com
vice to young women starting a ca- reer in packaging: "Think big and start small. Go beyond the boundaries of your job description and look for op- portunities to learn across functions. Ask for new challenges. Stay curious, agile and willing to step outside your comfort zone. Those qualities open
Denise Lu
doors to unexpected opportunities." Sabrina MacDonald, currently Innovation Project Man- ager at Saica Pack, knew nothing about corrugated pack- aging or boxes when she joined the company.
After two years, Sabrina became a fully-fledged National Development Centre (NDC) designer at Saica Pack and set about learning as much as possible when she had time, such as shadowing the creative team and taking over the maternity cover role
Sabrina MacDonald
of a lab technician. When the lab technician didn’t return after her leave, Sabrina picked up her role as part of her job. Like Sabrina, Nancy Colbert MacDougall, CEO at Col- bert Packaging, was relentless in learning whatever she
could during her early days in the in- dustry. Colbert Packaging was found- ed by her father, Charles (Bud) Col- bert, in 1959. "At that time, more women were entering the workforce while also raising families, but when I joined Col- bert, I was one of very few women working in the folding carton indus-
Nancy Colbert MacDougall
try," Colbert MacDougall notes." Colbert Packaging has now been women-owned and operated for more than one-third of its 66-year history. In 2024, the company became a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) company. Also recognized by Packaging Strategies this year are Melissa Bosnyak, Product Manager at Videojet Technolo- gies; Sarah Marshall, Interim Senior VP at NOVA Chemi- cals; Elizabeth Rhue, VP and GM at Sonoco North America; and Ayla Wolk, Business and Design Manager at Veritiv.
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October 13, 2025
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