Manufacturing Magazine August 2015 | Page 95

LATIN AMERICA
environment-friendly packaging solutions . Such conditions result in Graham Packaging constantly developing new materials , having PET bottles replacing polypropylene , and patenting oxygenabsorbing material such as CPTX .

Key People

Graham Packaging ’ s Vice-President for Mexico and Central America is Mexicali native Martin Cueva . Cueva is an industrial engineer with postgraduate studies in Industrial Organization . Cueva was first hired as plant manager for the Mexicali facility , where he turned the plant into a global benchmarking site for Graham Packaging ; soon after he was named Operations Manager , which resulted in Cueva relocating to the Bajio zone of inner Mexico , where he could supervise the company ’ s plants . Before Graham , Cueva ’ s experience in other industries took him to learn about the lean manufacturing principles he implemented with ease into Graham Mexico .
Martin Cueva Vicepresidente for Mexico and Central America , Graham Packaging
Cueva graduated in Industrial Engineering from CETYS University - Mexicali campus ( Center for Superior and Technical Learning ), an acclaimed private college in the State of Baja California . Before becoming plant manager for Graham Packaging ’ s Mexicali facility by the turn of the century , Cueva worked for Alps Electronics , where he learned lean manufacturing principles , during the 1990s maquiladora assembly lines ’ boom in Mexico ’ s northern states .
The Pachuca plant supplies bottles for global brands
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