Thiele Technologies Names Kip Boie as Vice President of Sales & Marketing
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - March 22, 2007 - Thiele Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of
cartoning, case packing, bagging and palletizing equipment, has announced the appointment of Kip Boie to the position of Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In
this role, Boie will be responsible for providing a strategic vision to the sales and marketing leadership team and will lead the attainment of profitable new machinery revenue growth.
Boie is a seasoned sales and marketing leader with 21 years experience in technology driven capital equipment companies, such as MTS Systems, Despatch Industries and August Technology. In addition, he has demonstrated the ability to direct successful growth initiatives in international markets, including Europe, Asia and Latin America. Boie received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Wichita State University and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.
"We are confident that Kip's background, education and experience will prove to be a valuable asset to our organization, which has achieved a period of record growth over the past two years," said Larry Smith, President and CEO of Thiele Technologies. "Kip will play a key role in setting a clear vision for the entire Thiele sales team that will help to further strengthen our market leadership."
Thiele Technologies has continued its commitment to a balanced and diversified market
strategy with a series of acquisitions beginning in June 2005 with Edmeyer, Inc., a well-known manufacturer of packaging equipment for the dairy industry. In April 2006, Thiele's growth initiatives continued with the purchase of Slidell, Inc., which expanded its range of bagging and palletizing applications for customers in the chemical, feed, seed and other bulk material handling markets.
In November 2006, Thiele announced an agreement to acquire Streamfeeder, LLC, which
expanded its presence in the commercial printing, packaging and mail fulfillment sectors. And in February, Thiele completed its fourth acquisition, SWF Companies of Reedley, Calif., which positioned Thiele as one of the largest system manufacturers of primary, secondary bagging, cartoning, case packing and robotic packaging solutions across a broad spectrum of industries.
Each of these acquisition opportunities has allowed Thiele to provide its growing customer base with superior access to a comprehensive line of high-speed packaging machinery solutions, as well as one of the industry's largest field service organizations.
ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a world leading supplier of packaging, corrugating and paper converting technology, as well as engineering consulting services, across a broad spectrum of industries. Barry-Wehmiller's balanced and diversified approach to the market is made possible through 11 interactive divisions: Accraply, a leading manufacturer of automatic labeling systems; Barry-Wehmiller Company, manufacturing bottle washers and pasteurizers for more than 120 years; Barry-Wehmiller International
Resources, a pioneer in the creation, development, and integration of advanced information technology and engineering solutions; Central Bottling International (CBI), specializing in quality industrial manufacturing equipment and services for the food, beverage, and packaging industries worldwide; Design Group, a premier supplier of manufacturing automation and engineering consulting services; FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, a leading producer of advanced conveyance technology and material handling
equipment; HayssenSandiacre, a form/fill/seal technologies and services leader for more than 100 years; MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated and folded carton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), providing advanced converting, printing, and packaging technologies for the tissue, nonwovens, and flexible packaging industries since 1919; Pneumatic Scale, a
global provider for can seaming, capping, centrifugation, dry filling, labeling, and liquid filling; and Thiele Technologies, a leading supplier of cartoning, case packing, bagging, and palletizing equipment.
For additional information, please contact:
Penny D. Bretl,
Human Resources Director,
612.782.1315
