New Breaking Down Boxes Podcast To Feature JB Machinery’s John Bird Gene Marino, Executive Vice President, Akers Packaging Service Group and AICC Board Chair, and Joe Morelli, VP of Sales & Marketing, Huston Patterson Printers and AICC Associate Board Chair, interview John Bird, CEO & Chair- man, JB Machinery, Inc. in The Unflappable Mr. Bird, the latest episode of AICC’s podcast, Breaking Down Boxes. “John has an immeasurable amount of inner drive, a tremendous amount of belief in self, and is just singularly focused on being successful. We were honored to have such a fascinating guest,” said Marino. John Bird started on his professional path at the age of 15. It all began on a shop floor in 1960, installing collars for ink rollers. He quickly moved up to be a development chemist,but this was not enough for Bird. He worked at various ink companies while attending the London Col- lege of Printing. Bird began JB Machinery, Inc. in 1998, which has won several AICC/ /Board Converting News/ Corrugated Today Innovator of the Year Awards. Morelli said, “He never thought twice about getting off the floor and starting again. His resiliency is incredible.” Though his beginnings were inauspicious, John Bird has grown to exceptional heights in the industry through his work ethic, innovative ideas, and his unfailing belief that failure was not an option.
“This is an incredible story of grit, resiliency, and perse- verance that goes to the heart and character of the man, the family, and their company. You will be moved and in- spired. I certainly was,” said Michael M. D’Angelo, AICC President.
New episodes drop the first Monday of every month. The episode trailer is available now and “The Unflappable Mr. Bird” will be released Monday, April 4. Subscribe to Breaking Down Boxes on all major podcast platforms or visit www.AICCbox.org/boxes . Gene Marino, left, and Joe Morelli speak with John Bird on the latest episode of the Breaking Down Boxes podcast.
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