Food Packaging Consultant Joe Lambert

Food Packaging Consultant Joe Lambert

TPU film packaging consultant Joe Lambert
Plastic film and packaging expert Joe Lambert
Seasoned professional in the Global Specialty Films marketplace - using application knowledge, creativity and experience to solve problems and improve the competitive position of his clients. High levels of customer focus and an eye for details in providing help and guidance related to the specialty film industry including food packaging.  Extremely hard-working and tenacious in meeting customer needs even with challenging film requirements.  Dynamic and passionate, high-energy - Thought Leader.
  • A Sales and Product Management professional in film extrusion and flexible packaging industry since 1989.
  • Purchased the rights to the buyfilm.net domain in 2003 and built an Online Flexible Packaging Business Platform.  The current business focus of buyfilm.net is on providing assistance to Foreign based Flexible Packaging companies to gain access and successfully integrate into the North American Flexible Packaging Marketplace.
  • Recently changed Brand ™ to www.joeplastic.com
  • Experienced and talented in food packaging with plastic film
  • Expertise in TPU market 
  • BOPP, OPP. MBOPP, MPET, PET, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE experience
  • Excellent at problem solving, detail oriented , and one of the most passionate consultants for all things film
Experience
buyfilm.net / JoePlastic.com - September 2003 - Present - Consulting and Specialty Film Global Integration Sales & Markerting     
  • Valfilm USA, ABX / Meat & Cheese, Allied Plastics, Bemis, Bayer Material Science, Argotec, Carestream Toll Coating & Griff Paper & Film
  • National Specialty Film Sales into Flexible Packaging and Converting market segments.
  • Meat & Cheese / Packaging Film – NBD & Management.
  • National film converting experience offered: BOPP, OPP, MBOPP, MPET, PET, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE , multi-layered co-ex & PP/HDPE/mLLDPE monolayer specialty structures.
  • Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) film / all converting segments.  One of the best experts in TPU films market and sources.
  • Excellent industry knowledge and connections in good optical film clarity TPU in the US.
  • Strong knowledge of clarity TPU market outlook and demand.
Valéron Strength Films, October 2002 – September 2003 Specialty Films Product Manager, North America
  • Responsible for all Sales, Marketing and Development functions associated with Specialty Films.
  • Film structure projects included printed dual ovenable for frozen foods, heat sealable, lidding stock, non-flavor scalping, high clarity sealant webs with barrier and thermoforming
  • Established $2.7MM in new business with high profile national converters, resin suppliers and frozen food processors.
Tyco Plastics Custom Films, - August 1995 – October 2002 Northeast - Area Sales Manager,
  • Responsible for managing 15 million pounds of film sales to direct, distribution and national accounts
  • Grew sales from 4MM to over 15MM/LBS. sold during tenure.
  • Custom film sales included PE shrink bundling, PE bags, multi-layer, coextruded lidding and HDPE barrier films on the roll.  Also, introduced new high clarity multiple colored random print (co-extruded and monolayer) films to region.
Education
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
  • MBA- Master of Business Administration, Isenberg School of Management, May 1999
  • Westfield State University, Westfield, Massachusetts
  • BS – Business Management / Finance Concentration, June 1986
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