Neil McRitchie

Conference Director, Asia CanTech

Neil McRitchie is the managing director of Bell Publishing Ltd and Worldwide Expo Ltd based in the UK.

Bell Publishing Ltd was founded in 1999 with the purchase of CanTech International from Trend Publishing based in Chicago. Worldwide Expo was formed a few years later.

Bell is a family owned business consisting of five international B2B trade publications, newsletters and websites within the food processing and packaging industries. Worldwide hosts four global events across the same industry sectors.

Marko Vanska

Marketing and Sales, NPB Automation

Marko Vanska is an automation engineer and has been active in industrial automation for almost 20 years in different positions. Focused area through the years have been programming robots integrated with vision systems.

For the last 6 years Marko has been at NPB Automation as a part of the sales department active with sales and marketing.

Mike Sawayda

Global Marketing Director, Sherwin Williams

Michael Sawayda is the Global Food Marketing Director for Sherwin-Williams Packaging Coatings Division. With a background in Chemical Engineering and more than 15 years of experience in the Packaging Division, he has held a number of roles, including: engineering production scale-up, procurement, and previous to his current role was responsible for the Food Sheet Coatings business for North America. During his time with the Food Coating Commercial team, Michael was part of the transformation of the North America Food market to Non-BPA coatings. Leading the Food Global Marketing Team since January, Michael is focused on supporting the Global Packaging Food Coatings Industry to find for new solutions for the future of the metal packaging.

Gerhard Grossmann

Regional Sales Director Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint GmbH

Gerhard is working in the sales in the graphic industry for more than 30 years with a wide range of experience to make processes more efficient.

Starting there 1988 with SCHOBER in the field of business forms converting equipment, following 1998 with STEUER / BOBST high performance hotfoil stamping machines.

With BAUER+KUNZI since 2005 in the metal decorating business and there since 2007 responsible for the sales in KOENIG & BAUER METALPRINT in SEA.

Many discussions and realized projects show the need of efficient workflow for canmakers especially in the field of metal decorating.

KOENIG & BAUER METALPRINT has unique solutions for printing, coating drying and air purification for 2pc and 3pc can production

Shaun Sandison

Global Business Manager 2P Inks, Sun Chemical AG

Shaun Sandison Sun Chemical Global Business Manager 2P Inks – Over 27 years’ experience working in the world of metal packaging inks. Having held various technical, Inplant operations, and colour services roles, is a keen advocate for colour measurement in the two-piece arena and the advancement of digital colour approval solutions. In his latest position, there is a clear brief to standardise colour management and introduce empirical led colour approval solutions, for the two-piece can manufacturing supply chain.

Rosario Patricelli

Technical Sales Manager C. I. E Srl

Rosario Patricelli is a Technical Sales Manager and one of the shareholders at CIE SRL. CIE, with more than 38 years of experience, is specialized in designing, manufacturing and commissioning of wastewater treatment and D.I. water recycling plants for metal finishing lines. CIE is specifically focused on wastewater recovery and reuse technologies such as Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD).

Before starting his career in CIE, he held production and management of various plants for a company that manufactures and installs aluminium coating lines worldwide, gaining a broad view of manufacturing.

Mr. Patricelli has an extensive experience in wastewater treatment plants for food and beverage aluminum cans. Thanks to his wide knowledge in such field, he designed many successful plants for CIE.

Mr. Patricelli holds a Degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master Degree in Environmental Engineering (University of Federico II, Naples).

Amir Dekel

Business Unit Manager ISRA Vision

2016 – current

ISRA VISION GmbH

2015 – 2016

HP Indigo

2014 – 2015

Draytek

2001 – 2014

Advanced Vision Technology

1998 – 2001

Pegasus Technologies

1997 – 2000

Regard-Mer Industries

1996 – 1997

Hangzhou ECI Telecommunications

1993 – 1996

Telemate Ltd.

1989 – 1993

Measurement Specialities, Inc.

1985 – 1989

Cobe American Scale

Mark Mohn

Sales Manager, Prime Controls

Mark Mohn is the Canmaking Sales Manager at Prime Controls, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio in the USA. With well over 20 years of experience in the metal sensing and controls industry, Mark is sought after by two-piece and three-piece can and end makers when they have an Oh Sheet! moment.

Bob Clodfelter

Director of Engineering, Prime Controls

Bob Clodfelter is the Director of Engineering at Prime Controls. A seasoned and multidisciplinary engineer, Bob has spent majority of his time at Prime Controls developing and implementing innovative solutions for the Canmaking Industry.

Renee Schouten

President of The International Metal Decorating & Packaging Association (IMDPA)

Guest Speaker

Renee Schouten began working at INX International in 2001and her involvement with the International Metal Decorating and Packaging Association dates back to 2004. Her efforts in the industry were recognized by IMDPA with a Presidential Award in 2007, followed in 2008 with a Member of the Year honor. She joined the association’s board of directors in 2010 and ascended to the Executive Board in 2015. Her two-year term as President follows roles where she served as the Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President.

Scott Breen

Vice President of Sustainability, The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI)

Keynote Speaker

Scott Breen is the Vice President of Sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). CMI represents U.S. can manufacturers and suppliers. His responsibilities include promoting the can as a sustainable/circular package, making sure federal and state legislation and regulation do not disadvantage the can, and leading the industry’s efforts to build upon the can industry’s leading recycling rates. Scott’s roles prior to CMI were Associate Manager of the Sustainability and Circular Economy Program at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Attorney-Advisor at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Along with his position at CMI, Scott also explores various aspects of sustainability as the creator and co-host of the podcast Sustainability Defined.