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    1. Blow Molding

    Names to Know: Sacmi USA

    April 15, 2020
    Sacmi Imola SC
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    Sacmi USA has named Nadeem Amin as its new VP for PET sales and business development. Amin comes to Sacmi with more than 30 years of experience in the PET preform industry. He has helped customers with a variety of needs including business growth and development, lightweighting preforms and maximizing preform systems’ production.  

    With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Sacmi USA is a subsidiary of Italy’s Sacmi Group, which manufactures blow molding machines and equipment.  

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