Chinese Canadian Association of Food Industry and Professionals In conjunction with  Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC) WORKSHOP Career Prospects and Opportunities in the Food & Packaging Industries "Networking for your next job, business, and future" Packaging Industry North America Trends and Business Opportunities        Paul J. Zepf P.Eng. CPP     In North America Packaging industry, automation, supply chain, Just In Time, Lean Manufacturing, and efficiency are the key pillars of manufacturing facility. This requires packaging lines are reliable, can change over quickly, and generate minimal wastes. Paul will introduce various tools for the engineers and professionals to use in the industry to improve production. Biography of Paul Zepf     Paul studied engineering at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He graduated in 1972 with a BASc in Mechanical Engineering. He worked and achieved his machinist papers in 1975. Paul is certified as a Professional Engineer in Ontario and a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) in the United States. He has continued his education through many courses in business, design techniques, patents, computers, servo systems and automation.     Paul was a founder, Chief Engineer and President of new product innovations and design at a company specializing in packaging changeover tooling systems and machinery from 1972 until 1989.     In 1989, Paul co-founded Zarpac Inc. based out of Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Zarpac Inc. is an international packaging engineering and consulting firm specializing in:         1. Development and implementation of the "Performance Index (PI)" system for benchmarking and improving packaging line performance and packaging line monitoring software.         2. Research, development and implementation of new concepts in calculating and designing packaging processes and machinery.         3. Engineering and consulting in integrating machinery, automating systems, and turnkey projects for the packaging industry.         4. Engineering of specialized custom packaging machinery and systems.         5. Packaging Line Evaluations, Training and Procedures.     Paul has over 30 years of packaging experience. He has designed and built, by last count, over 32 different types of special one-of-kind machines and systems such as high speed combiners, dividers, inverters, collators, puck transfer systems, off-line automatic sampling systems, indexers, coolers, washers, collator/packers, custom packing machinery, quick change tooling and systems, tray packers, and robotic case packers.     Paul has written numerous articles in publications and given many seminars relating to packaging line machinery, machine design, integration, process performance and project management. Paul has authored two books titled "How to Analyze Packaging Line Performance" and "Optimizing Packaging Line Performance" published through the IoPP, and co-authored the book "The IoPP Glossary of Packaging Terminology". He has several new books coming out in 2002 relating to Wastage and Rework, FMECA, Downtime Analysis, Performance Measures and Quick Change Process.                    Serving, Sharing, Supporting and Growing!                          Source: AsiaFoodNet.com      Update: January 30, 2006

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