Michael Frederick Oversees API’s North American Foils and Laminates Businesses
- Published: August 08, 2018
LAWRENCE, KS | Brand empowerment specialist API Group has strengthened its presence in the US with the appointment of Michael Frederick to Business Unit President and General Manager API Americas.
Based from API’s US headquarters in Lawrence, Kansas, Frederick will oversee the company’s North American foils and laminates businesses and will be responsible for driving forward API’s long-term growth strategy in the US.
Frederick holds more than 30 years of experience in the paper and packaging industry and was previously President and CEO of privately owned Commercial Lithographing Company that specializes in labels, greetings cards and envelopes. Prior to this, Frederick was Vice President of Huhtamaki’s Food Service packaging business in North America.
With many years of knowledge and experience in sales and market development for the paperboard, folding carton and packaging industry, as well as creating new product lines to secure extensive revenue growth, Frederick joins at a time when API has made significant investments in its US capability as a platform for growth.