James Haglund Joins Enterprise Minnesota Board of Directors

Minneapolis (October 24, 2010) - Enterprise Minnesota announced today that James Haglund has joined its Board of Directors. Haglund is CEO of Central Container Corp., a Brooklyn Park-based company that provides graphic, corrugated, protective and static control products, supplies and fulfillment services to customers throughout the five-state area.

Enterprise Minnesota is a consulting organization that works with medium-size and smaller manufacturing companies to help them compete and grow profitably. It is also one of 59 Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP) affiliates associated through the US Department of Commerce to bring world-class services to their clients.

"As Enterprise Minnesota continues to focus on helping manufacturers grow profitably through the latest innovations, Jim’s experience will be invaluable to our organization,” said Enterprise Minnesota president & CEO Bob Kill. “Central Container is a leading edge manufacturer of lean process improvement and green business practices, or GreenLeanSM for manufacturers. We are fortunate to add Jim’s expertise and leadership to Enterprise Minnesota’s board."

"I am excited to be a part of the evolution that we are currently experiencing in manufacturing,” Haglund said. “It is gratifying to see an organization like Enterprise Minnesota with the sole purpose of helping manufacturers grow."

Haglund also serves on the Board of the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA), and serves as the overseas director and advisor to the executive committee for the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC).

In addition to Haglund, Enterprise Minnesota's Board of Directors includes: Board Chair Steve Thul, president, Whirltronics, Inc.; Vice Chair Tom Schabel, president & CEO, Alexandria Extrusion; Dennis Dotson, chairman, The Dotson Company; Louis Jambois, president, St. Paul Port Authority; Bob Kill, president & CEO, Enterprise Minnesota; Kent Mogler, COO & Vice President, WW Johnson Meat Co.; Michael Orrick, senior VP & general manager, Governance, Risk & Compliance at Thomson Reuters Paisley; and Jill Osborn, president, Total Focus, Inc.

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