Gene Shaw Appointed VP and General Manager of KLEENLine


Shaw brings 25 years management, sales, and technical experience in the packaging industry to his new position.



NEWBURYPORT, Mass. ¯KLEENLine, powered by Pro Mach, Inc., announced today that Gene Shaw is the division’s new Vice President and General Manager.



KLEENLine designs and manufactures a wide range of food grade, stainless steel product handling equipment for clean environment processing and packaging. The company is also a leading builder and systems engineering provider for sanitary robotic solutions, vision systems, and turnkey integrated systems for direct touch food product handling and cleanroom packaging.



Shaw has held senior posts in management and sales at such companies as Extreme Packaging, Osgood, Inc., Oystar, and Barry Wehmiller. He has helped customers with filling systems, carton and case formers, and high speed shrink wrappers and over wrap systems, conveyors, palletizers, inspections systems, robotic handling equipment, and total end of line solutions.



“We are excited to have Gene lead the KLEENLine team into the future,” said Bret Ranc, Senior Vice President of Pro Mach and head of the Pro Mach Material Handling group, which includes KLEENLine. “His industry expertise will help him to anticipate market changes, empowering him to keep KLEENLine ahead of competitors by offering our customers the best solutions for their product lines.”



“KLEENLine is a phenomenal company with superior quality, product lines, and leading edge technology,” said Shaw. “I look forward to the challenge ahead for creating even more innovative methods to give our customers the best possible solutions with outstanding service.”



For more information on KLEENLine sanitary production systems, including conveyors, material handling equipment, vision systems, robotics, automation controls, and systems engineering services, call 1-800-259-5973 and visit http://www.kleenline.com/. Customers are invited to stop by the KLEENLine Booth at Pack Expo Las Vegas Booth # C-3621 to meet Shaw.



The Pro Mach Material Handling Group provides solutions for manipulating processed and packaged goods along the line. Other members of the group include Benchmark Automation, with expertise in food and bakery applications; Shuttleworth, which brings customers integrated product handling solutions; and Southern Packaging Machinery for horizontal form-fill-seal systems.



About KLEENLine



KLEENLine is a leading provider of totally integrated sanitary production solutions: conveyors, equipment, controls, robotics, and vision systems. KLEENLine also provides totally integrated in-house consulting, engineering, fabrication, installation, and support.



About Pro Mach



Pro Mach is a leading provider of integrated packaging and processing products and solutions for food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and other diverse companies. Through its brands, Pro Mach provides product packaging and processing equipment, PMMI certified training, installation, parts, and service in Bottling Capping, Primary Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Material Handling, Identification Tracking, and End-of-Line Packaging.



Pro Mach has a diverse customer base, from Fortune 500 companies to smaller, privately-held businesses worldwide, which depend on reliable, flexible, technologically advanced equipment and integrated solution sets. Pro Mach is headquartered near Cincinnati, Ohio, with manufacturing facilities and offices throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. For more information about Pro Mach, visit www.ProMachInc.com.  

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