Who We Are
We are a packaging sales agency formed from a team of experienced professionals with a combined track record of over 80 years of knowledge gained and lessons learned in the world of industrial/chemical and consumer-packaged goods.
We now wish to share that knowledge and those lessons learned with buyers and sellers of packaging materials be it rigid, semi-rigid or flexible in nature in order to provide assistance in achieving product development and packaging success.
Our Packaging Consultants
Martin Downey, Co-founder
Martin’s career has covered a spectrum of wide-ranging packaging experiences and knowledge of various materials ranging from glass to plastic to metal cans and many more items in between. He started his packaging career while working at Ampak in 1977 in Toronto where he spent 10 years in a sales support and field sales role. Following that came a sales stint for a vacuum forming packaging company in Montreal known as M&R Plastics. From there it was on to a 25-year role in sales for an injection
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Combined with an active role in auxiliary organizations such as the Institute of Packaging Professionals, Packaging Association of Canada, National Association of Container Distributors, and others including part time teaching roles at local colleges, Martin has contributed time and effort in promoting the valuable assets of consumer packaging while remaining cognizant of the ethical and sustainable role packaging plays in our ever-changing world.
Jim Monaghan, Co-founder
Originally from Montreal, Jim started his packaging career in 1976 with the metal drum division of Plant National Industries in Point Claire, Quebec. In 1978 Jim jumped at an opportunity to move to Toronto in sales for the same company. This change added metal/plastic pails and flexible packaging to his existing metal drum portfolio. In 1981 Jim was hired by Reliance Products based in Milton, Ontario to be their senior account salesman. This allowed him to broaden his packaging horizon once again as Reliance sold both industrial and consumer retail injection and blow moulded HDPE/PP products.
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In the early nineties, Jim moved to Industrial Containers where he was able to reacquaint himself to metal containers and their new line of HDPE injection moulded products. By 2004 Jim took on the challenge of Ontario Sales Manager with MCORP Industries in Burlington – a start up company manufacturing PET blow moulded bottles. In 2014 Jim opened Roscrea Inc. a sales agency which handles various products for several packaging manufacturers. Jim brings over forty years of container knowledge to the table and still enjoys the challenge of fulfilling his clients various requirements.
Scott Monaghan, Account Executive
Scott’s background includes an academic education in business but also a real-world experience learning about packaging from his father’s involvement in the industry. In 2017 he started with Roscrea Inc. in a direct role engaged in the marketing of containers specific to the cannabis market.
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