Richard Laforest has been appointed new project manager for Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. Laforest will handle project management for domestic customers, as well as help grow the company’s global reach in Mexico and Latin America.

Laforest brings a strong project management and sales background to Spee-Dee. He joins the company after a 20-year career as a sales engineer, project engineer, and product manager with Krones Inc., a manufacturer of filling and packaging systems.

“Spee-Dee has proven itself to be a market leader in dry product filling across many industries, and I’m looking forward to helping it expand its market share here in the United States and in Latin America,” Laforest said.   

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