Duro Paper Bag Welcomes Norm Christoffersen to Richwood Bag Facility

Charles Shor of Duro Paper Bag Manufacturing Company at www.durobag.com is pleased to announce that Norman R. Christoffersen has joined us as the plant manager for the Designer Bag Division facility in Richwood, Kentucky.

Ludlow, KY (PRWeb) March 3, 2007 -- Charles Shor, president and CEO of Duro Paper Bag Manufacturing Company at www.durobag.com is pleased to announce that Norman R. Christoffersen has joined us as the plant manager for the Designer Bag Division facility in Richwood, Kentucky.

Norm has an Associate Degree in Printing & Publishing from the Milwaukee Area Technical College and both a B.S. and a Masters in Business Management from Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee. He began his professional career as a management trainee in Wisconsin with W. A. Krueger Company. Over the next ten years with Krueger, Norm grew and accepted additional responsibilities in a variety of roles. In 1991 Norm joined Perry Judd's Inc. where he had several assignments including pressroom manager and manufacturing manager. In 1998 Norm moved to Vertis Inc where he served as vice president and division manager. In 2005, Norm joined Quebecor World, an industry leading manufacturer of weekly and monthly magazines, catalogs and newspaper inserts, where he was vice president and general manager. While with Quebecor, Norm relocated to the Cincinnati area.

Norm is a seasoned professional with experience in leading facilities and teams of people while delivering positive results. He has excellent background in printing, process improvement and lean manufacturing. I am confident that you will enjoy working with Norm and that he will have a positive impact at the Richwood paper bag plant.

Norm and his wife live in the northeastern suburbs of Cincinnati. Please join me in welcoming him, and wishing him the very best in his new assignment at Duro Paper Bag.

Charles L. Shor, President & Chief Executive Officer

Duro Paper Bag Manufacturing Company

Contact:

Norman Christoffersen

www.durobag.com

Duro Paper Bag Mfg. Co.

7600 Empire Dr.

Florence, KY 41042

Phone     859-581-8200

About Duro Paper Bag Manufacturing, Company.

Founded in 1953, Duro Bag is the largest manufacturer of paper bags in the world. A family owned company, run by president and CEO Charles Shor, Duro is headquartered in Ludlow, Kentucky. Duro Paper Bag has 12 plants manufacturing bags in the United States and Mexico. Producing over 20 billion environmentally friendly paper bags per year, Duro supplies most of the largest grocery and retail chains with a wide variety of wholesale paper bag products. For more information, visit http://www.durobag.com

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