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.
Tapes, labels, adhesive-coated products, roll stock.
We know the formulators, the coater operators, and the reps who sell into beverage and electronics OEMs
Die cutting, tape converting, gaskets, foam fabricating, slitting.
We place the engineers who design the dies and the plant managers who hold just-in-time tolerances.
Films, sealants, coatings, silicones, epoxies, thermoplastics.
We know the chemists who understand the difference between a commodity resin and a specialty adhesive polymer
Flexible packaging, specialty and barrier films, flexographic printing, pouches
EMI shielding, thermal interface materials, touch panels
Films Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Compression Molding, Thermoforming, chemical batch mixing processes
These hires set the trajectory — a succession to manage, a PE thesis to execute, a sale to prepare for — and the wrong one costs you years. You need leaders who already know how this world works.
Your sales cycles run 6–24 months, your contracts are multi-year, and your buyers are engineers who can spot a generalist in one call. You need people who understand technical specs, OEM qualification, and how to sell a technical product on performance rather than price.
You run tight-tolerance lines where downtime is measured in dollars per minute and a weak hire shows up in your scrap rate. You need leaders who’ve run a coating or converting floor, know lean and Six Sigma well, and can hold quality while pushing throughput.
Your process is proprietary, and your equipment is specific — web handling, coating, slitting, die-cutting. You need engineers who’ve actually run your kind of line, not ones who’ll learn it on your time.
Innovation is your moat, and the person who protects it has to formulate, test, and scale — adhesives, silicones, release liners, barrier films. You need someone who knows the chemistry and can get it out of the lab and onto the line.
From day one, you deal with the person running your search — Angelo and a team of specialist recruiters — never a partner who hands you to a junior.
With 65,000+ contacts in this field, we rarely start from zero. Need a process engineer with Six Sigma and silicone release liner experience? We’ve likely spoken with a few of them recently.
You see only people we’d put our name behind — not a stack of maybes to wade through.
A 30-day replacement guarantee from the start date, extendable to 90 on request. We stand behind every placement.
In 2025, we filled 42 of 48 accepted searches, against a 45–60% norm for most firms. The difference isn’t magic — we know the candidates before you call, because we’ve worked only in this field for over 35 years.
On our first call, we’ll tell you what your search actually involves — a realistic timeline, whether the role can be filled locally or requires a wider net, and the compensation required to secure the right person. Honest counsel, before any agreement.
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.
A critical retirement with no successor in place.
A profile so specialized you’re not certain the person exists
A role that sat open for months because the last 3 candidates weren’t qualified
Of a key engineer, and the key knowledge that left with them
A replacement that has to be handled before the incumbent knows.
A competitor’s best person you’d hire tomorrow if someone could make the call
A role you’ve already posted that returned volume, but no one qualified
A search you’ve inherited in a market you don’t yet know well