People & Places
Get your company in front of the flexo industry’s key decisionmakers. Flexo Market News ’ readership is comprised of Presidents, Owners, VPs and General Managers of flexo operations — the key people who make decisions on equipment purchases. An ad in Flexo Market News is a direct sales meeting with thousands of the industry’s best thinkers and most influental leaders. Reach the Decisionmakers
Weber Packaging Joseph Weber, Jr., of Weber Packaging, Arlington Heights, Illinois, passed away on October 17, 2022. Weber, Jr. saw the potential of the company found- ed by his father and spent his life building the labeling company.
His vision, business acumen, and genuine concern for his employees helped him to modernize the pack- aging industry with new ideas, in- cluding color pressure sensitive la- bels, computer-based labeling and automated labeling systems. Joseph Weber, Jr., was born in Chi-
Joseph Weber, Jr.
cago on August 21, 1932, the year his father found- ed the Weber Addressing Machine company. He grew up in Prospect Heights and graduated from Arlington Heights High School. Weber then went on to attend Drake University where he graduated with a B.A. Degree. After that, Weber went on to pursue a degree in law from Northwestern Univer- sity Law and graduated in 1954. Law Practice After passing the bar exam, Weber practiced law for two years defending personal injury and work- man’s compensation cases for insurance compa- nies. After those years of civil defense work, Weber joined the Cook County State’s Attorney where he worked for three years. In 1962 he left the practice of law and joined the Weber Addressing Machine Company, located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. At the time the company had 50 employees but Weber saw a great future for the company. Weber helped plan the expansion of the company which moved to a new building in Arlington Heights in 1967. Guiding A Company In 1980, Weber was named President and CEO of the company, now named Weber Marking Sys- tems. Under his leadership the company received many awards, including being named one of the top 10 manufacturing companies in the country. He guided the company forward as it modernized the packaging industry with new methods for labeling products. Today, Weber is still a family-owned glob- al company that employs more than 1,000 people throughout the world at numerous manufacturing and sales locations in North America, Central Amer- ica, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Flexo Market News® is published bi-weekly by NV Busi- ness Publishers Corporation, in association with Board Con- verting News®, Corrugated Today® Recycling Markets®, International Paper Board Industry®, Folding Carton Indus- try®, and Board Converting News International. Marketing and Circulation offices: PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802, Phone: (732) 245-3702. Subscription Rates in U.S. and Canada $60 per year or $105 for two years. Overseas rate per year $80 USD. Current issue single copies (pre-paid only) $5.00 in U.S. (elsewhere $7.50); add $5.00 per order for shipping & handling. No part of this publica- tion may be transmitted or reproduced without permission from the publisher.
Robyn Smith - President/Publisher Len Prazych - Vice President
Greg Kishbaugh - Editor/Co-Publisher Phone: (317) 306-1060 email: flexo@nvpublications.com
Michelle McIntyre - Circulation Christine Eckert - Accounting Manager Jackie Schultz - Contributing Editor T.J. Vilardi - Webmaster/Social Media Coordinator
Tom Vilardi (1961-2018) Chairman Ted Vilardi (1933-2013) - Founder ©2019 NV. Publications All Rights Reserved www.nvpublications.com
14 December 5, 2022 Flexo Market News
Made with FlippingBook interactive PDF creator