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Berry Global CEO appointed as officer for the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
October 8th, 2021
Photograph courtesy of Berry Global Berry Global Group Inc., a manufacturer of packaging materials and geomembranes, announced its chairman and CEO, Tom Salmon, has accepted appointment as an officer of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global nonprofit organization. As a founding member and first converter to join the alliance, Berry continues its leadership role to help […]
GMA News: GMA had a jam-packed start to the year
June 1st, 2018
In January 2018 members of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) participated in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. In February our executive council met in Charlotte, North Carolina, to review GMA’s goals and mission. In March a delegation of GMA executives met with representatives from the White House and the U.S. […]
Geosynthetic Materials Association news: GMA visits Tennessee and Mississippi
October 1st, 2017
On June 22, executive council members and I met in Nashville, Tenn., to discuss Tennessee’s infrastructure and the newly passed state IMPROVE Act, which is intended to help attract manufacturing jobs to Tennessee and deliver nearly 1,000 road and bridge projects across the state. Geosynthetics are being manufactured in the state (by Berry Global and […]
Expo panel discusses diversification
September 27th, 2017
A panel of three successful company leaders illuminated the keynote luncheon September 26 at IFAI Expo 2017. The theme of the panel was “Path of Diversification,” featuring Meredith Boyd, Unifi Manufacturing Inc.; Ben Cooper, IoClothes; and John Neely, Berry Global. The panelists shared ideas on how their companies leverage regionalization in the U.S. Cooper mentioned […]