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The Coveris Group's management team has a new member. Igor Arbanas has taken over the management of the flexible packaging division („Flexibles“). He replaces Christian Kolarik, who is now Chief Executive Officer of the Group.
For the Flexibles division, the Coveris Group In Igor Arbanas, who most recently led the Aluflexpack Group extremely successfully as CEO for over 9 years, the company has added an extremely experienced manager to its team. Arbanas is a graduate engineer in electrical engineering and computer science and also holds post-graduate degrees in electrical engineering and laser technology. He began his professional career in the academic research, including at the Vienna University of Technology, before later moving to the private sector and holding various management positions. in technology companies such as Tricon Consulting or Trotec Laser.
„During his time as CEO of the Aluflexpack Group, Igor was the driving force behind an impressive transformation. Together with his team, he succeeded in developing Coveris into one of the leading companies in Europe in its target markets and successfully floated it on the Zurich stock exchange. In addition to his commercial successes, he also impressed us with his personality and management style. For Igor, entrepreneurial success is based on hard work, entrepreneurial thinking and action at all levels, customer focus as well as mutual respect and open cooperation, which also corresponds to our values.”
Christian Kolarik, CEO of Coveris
„Finding clever solutions to major challenges has always appealed to me. That's why it's so exciting for me to be involved in a company that has committed itself to a sustainability strategy that is unique in the industry with „No Waste“. Coveris provides a best-practice example for the entire industry in this area and I look forward to successfully developing the area of flexible packaging together with the team.“
Igor Arbanas, President Coveris Flexibles
Source: Coveris
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