Graham Packaging Company since 2004
Director, Businees Development North America & South Asia
Tropicana Products Jun 1999 - Jun 2004
Sr. Packaging Engineer
Education:
University of South Florida - College of Business Administration 2001 - 2003
MBA, Finance and International Business
University of Massachusetts at Lowell 1992 - 1994
M.S., Plastics Enginerring
Skills:
Plastics Continuous Improvement Packaging Lean Manufacturing Manufacturing Injection Molding Extrusion 5S Product Development Blow Molding Process Improvement Quality Management Cross Functional Team Leadership Manufacturing Operations Management Six Sigma Food Packaging Operational Excellence Kaizen Iso Spc Supply Chain Quality System Process Engineering R&D Supply Chain Management Dmaic Packaging Design Polymers Industrial Engineering Root Cause Analysis Production Planning Value Stream Mapping
Jeff Korengel - Sarasota FL, US Kapil Gami - Bradenton FL, US Todd Brueck - Bradenton Beach FL, US Tammy Svoboda - Bradenton FL, US
International Classification:
A23B004/00
US Classification:
426/399000
Abstract:
A method and system incorporates a warming tunnel closely downstream of a hot filling apparatus which is set up to fill relatively small volume capacity polymeric containers of not greater than 12 fluid ounces. The hot filled containers are conveyed through a warming tunnel which provides a heated environment which is higher in temperature than the environment, thereby maintaining the temperature of the beverage within the containers at an adequate temperature for an adequate time so as to complete needed heat treatment of the beverage in each such small container.
Kapil Gami - York PA, US Bret Sabold - Bernville PA, US
Assignee:
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P. - York PA
International Classification:
B65D 1/02 B65D 1/46
US Classification:
215042000, 215040000
Abstract:
A plastic container includes a base, a body, a shoulder and a neck having a finish. The neck includes an inwardly-projecting annular rib between the shoulder and the finish to increase the strength of the finish.