Ian Hillaby takes up the position at the UK-based company which has carved a niche for itself in powder filling machines for the food, beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

Hillaby has over 30 years of experience in the packaging industry serving recently as new business development director for GEI Filling, Capping and Labelling, which has a powder filling machinery arm. He has also been sales director at Newman Labelling Systems, a firm that specialises in pharmaceutical industry machinery.