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

Who We Place

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.

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, roll to roll processing.

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

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:

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
Manufacturing & Operations
Engineering
R&D & Chemistry
Executive & Board
Manufacturing Support

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.

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