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Article: Passion for packaging.(CEO CHRONICLES)(Ilene Gordon of Alcan Packaging)(Occupation overview)
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- Chief Executive (U.S.)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Packaging isn't terribly sexy--but don't tell Ilene Gordon that. To hear the president and CEO of Paris, France-based, Alcan Packaging tell it, there's plenty to thrill and excite about the alchemy of turning resins, aluminum, paper and glass into innovative containers for food, beauty products, pharma and tobacco.
"I love packaging," says Gordon, who credits her enthusiasm in part for her success recruiting and motivating employees in a competitive industry. "I'm able to get people excited; people on my team glom onto my energy and optimism."
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But Gordon, who also serves on the executive board of Alcan's Australian ...