Great Northern Promotes Hietpas to Senior Vice President, Specialty Group
APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 12, 2007-Laminations announces two major personnel changes as part of a top leadership transition that is taking place in the Specialty Group of Great Northern Corporation.
Effective Oct. 1, Gary N. Hietpas has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of Laminations. He will serve in his new role until the end of 2008 when he will replace Richard C. Detienne who will retire at that time as president of the Great Northern Specialty Group, which includes Laminations and Rollguard.
Hietpas has been with Laminations for 21 years and has served as vice president of sales and marketing since 1991.
Also effective Oct. 1, Bill Faster has joined Laminations as vice president of sales. Faster comes to Laminations from Appleton, the world leader in manufacturing carbonless papers.
At Appleton, Faster held a variety of sales and sales management positions over the past 15 years, including executive director of sales of its QRSR (Quick Response Short Run) business segment with distributors.
Prior to Appleton, Faster worked for Unisource, a paper distributor in Pittsburgh.
A graduate of Ohio Sate University, he holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
"As the Specialty Group of Great Northern prepares for a year of transition in 2008, I am extremely pleased that these two critical leadership roles are in such capable hands," said Detienne. "Bill's strengths, particularly his depth of experience in working with distributors, will allow Gary to focus on assuming the duties of president at the end of next year."
Laminations is a leading national manufacturer of laminated paper products for the shipping, packaging and warehousing needs of industry. Laminations' major product line is the VBoard® family of recyclable paperboard edge protectors.
Rollguard is the industry-leading developer and supplier of recyclable protective fiber, foam and plastic cradles for rolled and cylindrical products. Major product lines include Rollguard EPS Foam, Recycled Fiber, Narrow Fiber, Full Roll and Thermoformed cradles.
Headquartered in Appleton, Wis., Great Northern Corporation has operations in six states and more than 800 employees. In addition to the Specialty Group product lines of Laminations and Rollguard, Great Northern designs, manufactures and distributes a wide range of packaging solutions and point-of-sale display programs for industrial, commercial and retail products.
For more information on Great Northern and its Specialty Group, visit www.greatnortherncorp.com.
