Uhlmann Packaging Systems has announced that Chris Gilmor has been named as Regional Sales Manager for Eastern Canada. From his Toronto-area office, Gilmor will oversee and direct all healthcare packaging market commercial activity in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Gilmor has over 17 years of technical sales and business development experience in the healthcare packaging market, including more than 10 years in the healthcare packaging machinery sector. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry from the University of Toronto.
“Chris has the necessary technical skills, commercial acumen and market knowledge to assist the Canadian pharmaceutical, medical device and dietary supplement industries in achieving both their packaging and related commercial growth goals,” said Adrian Possumato, Uhlmann Sales Director for North America. “His extensive knowledge of the Canadian healthcare packaging market, coupled with Uhlmann’s unparalleled designs and related output efficiency, will not only reinforce our reputation as a centre of excellence in our field, but also help our customers achieve the lowest possible total cost of ownership,” he added.
For over 70 years, the five brands of Uhlmann Group packaging machines, software products and services have provided solutions that “play a fundamental role in protecting sensitive products that improve the quality of life,” said the OEM. Uhlmann Packaging Systems has over 2,200 employees worldwide and is headquartered in Laupheim, Germany.