40+ years placing the people this industry runs on
Over four decades building the network most firms wish they had. It’s why we fill the roles others can’t.
Our Industries
- Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
- Materials Converting
- Flexible Packaging
- Pressure Sensitive Tapes
Who We Place
- Executives
- Seniors / Leads
- Top Producers
- Rising Talent
We place proven and experienced sales, engineering, operations, and R&D professionals who run pressure-sensitive adhesives, coatings, converting, packaging, films, polymers, and electronics manufacturing — the industry specialists most firms can’t reach.
In this industry, reputation is everything.
Ours is established.
We’ve placed leaders at the plants, converters, and suppliers across this field for over 40 years — many of them the same companies, again and again, across the years. Our clients range from $20M specialists to Fortune-class manufacturers, and the person you’re trying to hire is, in many cases, already known to us.
Over 40 Years
Exclusively in this field
100+ Searches per Year
On average in our industries
$20M to $1B+
Typical client company revenues
87% Fill Rate
Double the industry average
15+ Countries
Client & candidate locations
65,000+ Contacts
In our candidate systems
100,000+ Members
Founders of the field's two largest Linkedin communities
Markets We Serve
We work in five main markets. Most search firms accept any assignment in any sector. We don’t. We know precisely where our network runs deep, and where it doesn’t. If your business sits outside these segments, we’ll tell you and refer you to a firm that fits.
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives & Tape
Tapes, labels, adhesive-coated products, roll stock.
We know the formulators, the coater operators, and the reps who sell into beverage and electronics OEMs
Materials Converting
Die cutting, tape converting, gaskets, foam fabricating, slitting, roll to roll processing.
We place the engineers who design the dies and the plant managers who hold just-in-time tolerances.
Polymers
Films, sealants, coatings, silicones, epoxies, thermoplastics.
We know the chemists who understand the difference between a commodity resin and a specialty adhesive polymer
Packaging & Printing
Flexible packaging, specialty and barrier films, flexographic printing, pouches
Electronic Manufacturing Services
EMI shielding, thermal interface materials, touch panels
Plastics
Films Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Compression Molding, Thermoforming, chemical batch mixing processes
Whatever the recruiting circumstance, we've managed it before
We work in five main markets. Most search firms accept any assignment in any sector. We don’t. We know precisely where our network runs deep, and where it doesn’t. If your business sits outside these segments, we’ll tell you and refer you to a firm that fits.
Retirement
A critical retirement with no successor in place.
Hard to Find
A profile so specialized you’re not certain the person exists
Old Req
A role that sat open for months because the last 3 candidates weren’t qualified
Sudden Departure
Of a key engineer, and the key knowledge that left with them
Confidential
A replacement that has to be handled before the incumbent knows.
Employed by Competitor
A competitor’s best person you’d hire tomorrow if someone could make the call
No Qualified Candidates
A role you’ve already posted that returned volume, but no one qualified
Lacking Market Experience
A search you’ve inherited in a market you don’t yet know well
Before you commit to anything, you'll have the truth.
Bring us the role, and the timeline and number you have in mind. One call, and you’ll know:
- Whether we can find this person — and if we can't, we'll say so
- Whether your timeline is realistic — and what is
- Whether your compensation will land the right person — or what it'll actually take
- Whether the search stays local — or needs a wider net
Senior, Executive, and Hard-to-Fill Technical & Specialty Roles
Senior, salaried, permanent — and only that. We don’t place machine operators, temps, or hourly staff. We place the people who design the process, run the plant, grow the territory, make the call and manage the business
Sales & Commercial Leadership
- Sales Director
- VP of Sales
- Business Development
- Key Accounts
- Technical Sales Engineer
Manufacturing & Operations
- General Manager
- Director of Operations
- Plant Manager
- Quality Manager
Engineering
- Process Engineer
- Chemical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Quality Engineer
R&D & Chemistry
- R&D Chemist
- Lab Manager
- Technical Director
- Scientist (PhD)
Executive & Board
- President
- VP
- COO
- CTO
- Managing Director
- Board Member
Manufacturing Support
- Supply Chain & Procurement
- Logistics
- Technical Support
- Customer Service
- Transportation
- Human Resources Management
What we're seeing in the market
We publish weekly to an audience of more than 100,000 industry professionals — observations from active searches, not recycled reports.
The pressure-sensitive tape industry is experiencing a major transition driven by rapid technological growth..
When a private equity acquisition left a critical leadership gap at a $48M packaging..
This is a firsthand account from an executive recruiter detailing how a struggling New..
The Global thermal management technologies market is heading from roughly 19.8 billion dollars in..
Human Connection is an important factor when building relationships with candidates and clients. This..
At our firm, we’re constantly connecting with top-tier talent across the specialty chemicals, polymers,..
LinkedIn Professional Groups
We founded and run the two largest professional communities in the field — where the industry talks shop every week: market shifts, openings, and people on the move.
For Employers
Looking to hire?
Tell us about the role.
We respond within one business day with an honest assessment of the search. No retainer is required to begin a contingency engagement
For Candidates
Exploring your next role?
Tell us about yourself.
We respond within one business day with an honest assessment of the search. No retainer is required to begin a contingency engagement