Kenneth Ruud joins Summit Packaging as regional sales rep

Kenneth Ruud has joined Summit Packaging Inc., Auburn, Wash., as a regional sales representative in Wenatchee, Wash.

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Kenneth Ruud has joined Summit Packaging Inc., Auburn, Wash., as a regional sales representative in Wenatchee, Wash.

Ruud will cover Eastern Washington. Before joining Summit Packaging, he was a regional sales manager for Italian company Unitec Inc., serving Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, according to a news release.

“His experience and background working with the Eastern Washington agricultural community will bring an added level of expertise to our team and position Summit to serve a broader customer base in the region,” Jacki Pederson, Summit’s CEO, said in the release.

Summit Packaging provides packaging materials, equipment and technical services to industrial manufacturers, agricultural business and food processing companies in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Western Canada.

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