<p><strong>Kansas City, MO</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Multivac, Inc has announced the launch of a new business unit tailored to small and mid-sized food processors, packagers, and food service operations throughout the U.S. Multivac packaging specialists within the Direct Packaging Solutions (DPS) unit will provide consultation to these customers, which will be headed by Brett Cockrum.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Multivac’s DPS unit stocks pre-owned and manufactured packaging equipment at its Kansas City, Missouri facility for delivery anywhere in the U.S. Customers can also experiment with new packaging concepts with the assistance of Multivac experts. Jan Erik Kuhlmann, President and CEO at Multivac, Inc, states, “Multivac is known throughout our industry as a provider of solutions to some of the world’s largest and best-known food manufacturers, but we take the smaller and mid-sized market just as seriously.” He continues, “The creation of our DPS business unit is another step in providing these growing businesses with the expert consultation and support they need to build their brands and drive profitability through innovative, cost-effective packaging. With his years of experience in the food and equipment businesses, Brett Cockrum is well prepared to lead our DPS group on this mission.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mr. Cockrum comes to Multivac after serving as National Accounts Manager at Mepaco/Apache Stainless Equipment Corporation. He has also served as Sales Manager at Baader North America and Director of Equipment Manufacturing at Huhtamaki packaging.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.multivac.com/" target="_new"> Multivac</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
