Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--New director to be responsible for Rexam’s global plastics packaging business, beauty, pharma and plastic containers for food and beverages.

Rexam changes to its Board of Directors. Graham Chipchase, Group Finance Director, will take up the newly created position of Group Director Plastic Packaging. He will be responsible for Rexam’s global plastics packaging business which includes the beauty and pharmaceutical packaging operations and plastic containers for food and beverages. In 2004, these businesses had combined sales of more than £500m.

This move follows the decision of Yves Dominioni, executive director responsible for the Beauty & Pharma packaging business, to retire from the Board. Although relinquishing his Board and operational responsibilities, Yves will stay on with the company in an advisory capacity until his retirement at the end of 2006.

Graham has been a member of the Board since February 2003 and Group Finance Director since March 2003. His early career was spent in international manufacturing with BOC and GKN. In his new role, he will continue to be based at Rexam's London headquarters.

The search for a new Group Finance Director is well underway and a further announcement regarding this appointment is expected to be made shortly. In the meantime, Graham will have responsibility for both roles.

Commenting on the Board changes, Rolf Börjesson, Rexam's Chairman, said: “During the time that Graham has been Finance Director, he has demonstrated the quality of leadership and a keen understanding of operations that make him eminently suited to this new role. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Yves for the excellent job he has done in building up a vibrant and flourishing beauty and pharmaceutical packaging business within Rexam.”

As a global leader in consumer packaging, Rexam is keenly aware of its corporate responsibility to reduce the impact both of its products and its operations on the environment and society.

Rexam recognizes the need to design and develop packaging that fulfils consumer requirements using the minimum amount of raw materials. Their environmental policy commits the Company to recognize the environmental impact of their products throughout their life cycle.

Rexam, London, UK, is one of the world's top five consumer packaging groups and the world's leading beverage can maker. The group has around 90 plants in more than 20 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Rexam's product list comprises beverage cans, glass bottles, glass jars, plastic containers for food, plastic beauty products such as lipstick cases, compacts and dispensing systems, plastic pharmaceutical products, PET bottles and plastics closures. They also produce other smaller product ranges, all of which serve the consumer packaging market.






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