philippe farrugia is responsible with immediate effect for the &lsquodairy packaging&rsquo marketing of ima dairy & food and company management of ima erca.courtaboeuf, france, may 19, 2015. ima dairy & food, a market leader in packaging machines for the dairy and food industry, has announced a new addition at top management level. the acclaimed industry expert philippe farrugia 52 is now responsible as &ldquoexecutive vice president sales dairy packaging&rdquo for the marketing of the ima brands ima erca, ima gasti, ima hamba and ima hassia. at the same time, farrugia has taken over the company management of ima erca.farrugia has extensive experience in the international packaging industry and food processing sector. prior to this appointment, he worked as the &ldquomarket area leader&rdquo for southern europe and north africa at tetra pak processing and where, before this, he also held the position of &ldquoengineering director&rdquo for france and southern europe. in addition, farrugia has worked for courtaulds films in the plastics industry, and for saintgobain packaging in the area of glass packaging.about ima ercaerca s.a. with its principal place of business in courtaboeuf near paris, france, is a globally operating company at ima dairy & food and ranks among the leading manufacturers of thermoforming machines for packaging of liquid and pasty products. fifty years ago ima erca developed the forming, filling and sealing technology ffs. the company&rsquos portfolio focuses on applications for the dairy industry.about ima dairy & foodima dairy & food formerly oystar group is part of italian i.m.a. industria macchine automatiche s.p.a. the company is one of the world&rsquos leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services and has extensive knowhow in the key industries of dairy products and food. based in stutensee near karlsruhe, germany, the holding company currently represents 7 production locations in europe and asia as well as numerous sales and service companies. ima dairy & food employs a workforce of more than 950 worldwide.
