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Article: Passion for Packaging
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- Chief Executive
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- January 1, 2009
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Packaging isn't terribly sexy- but don't tell llene Gordon that. To hear the president and CEO of Paris, France-based, Alean 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."
But Gordon, who also serves on the executive board of Alcan's Australian parent, the mining company Rio Tinto Alcan, brings much more than a positive ...