Experience

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  Forbes Packaging

  • New Zealand
  • Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Sales Manager

    • May 2023 - Present

  • Business Development Manager

    • Aug 2014 - May 2023

    We are a proudly NZ owned specialist packaging printer, and have been for over 50 years, offering our packaging printing services throughout Australasia. Our packaging is produced specific to your product and requirements, through extensive development in-house; we work with you in creating the ideal printed 'Solution'. High Quality Offset Printing with a range of Gloss and Matt coatings, Foil blocking, Embossing, Die cutting, Window Patching and Gluing.If it uses light cardboard, we can probably supply it, We create high quality custom designed, printed, plain, folding cartons, boxes, counter displays and many more cardboard packaging solutions to enhance and maximize your brand.Forbes packaging covers a broad range of Industries; from high-end embellished wine boxes, beer baskets, and Cosmetic/Beauty packaging through to Produce boxes and the Food related sleeves and cartons.If you are are in need of specialised printed packaging solutions please give me a bell022 123 [email protected]://www.forbespackaging.co.nz

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  Living life the Traveller way....

  • South East Asia, Nepal, India, Europe, Central and South America

  • Full-time world wide journeyer

    • Apr 2013 - Aug 2014
    • South East Asia, Nepal, India, Europe, Central and South America

    Backpacking the world for 17months with my partner Lesh.

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  Adhesif Print Limited

  • East Tamaki, New Zealand

  • Account Manager

    • Mar 2010 - Apr 2013
    • East Tamaki, New Zealand

    Adhesifs print and produce self-adhesive labels and shrink sleeve labels for all kinds of consumer products ranging from Wine, Beer, Water and Juice through to Personal Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals.We are world leaders in label printing technology, application and production development which ensures continuous cost controls and solutions for companies who demand quality product labelling.Services- On-going R & D- Quality Systems Audits- RFID Protection- Brand Protection Intelligence- Internet E-Service Desk- Inventory Management and Logistics- Engineering Consultancy Technologies- Wine Label Production- Pressure Sensitive Labels- Shrinksleeve labels- Inmold Labels- Silkscreen- Embossing- Interloc®- NewsNotes™- EventSerts- MLS Label Applicators

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  GERMANY

  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

  • Farm Manager and Assistant - Cropping & Livestock

    • Dec 2005 - Dec 2006
    • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

    Running large commercial pig and wheat/rape/barley crop farm

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  Fox Pulp & Paper and NZ Packaging Tape Supplies

  • Packaging Tape Flexo Printer, Kraft Paper Slit Rewinder, Warehouse Manager

    • Jan 2001 - Nov 2005

    Worked part time weekends, after school and holidays for family packaging business