CHARLOTTE, NC (December, 2002) -- Roberts PolyPro, Inc., an innovative leader in packaging and converting solutions announces the addition of John Eklund, Marketing Communications Director.

Formerly the Marketing Communications/Creative Director of Brammer Engineering, Inc. in Shreveport, LA, Eklund graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Marketing and minor in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and received an MBA from Louisiana Tech University.

Eklund's background includes numerous honors and awards, including founding Inexplicable Productions, a web site development company, and co-authoring with Dr. Selwyn Ellis the pending publication, "Online Identity Crisis: Problems With Protection and the Domain Name System." Eklund has been a member of the American Marketing Association since 1996, is a Macromedia Certified Web Site Developer, and has given numerous lectures about the web and Internet at conferences, seminars, and classrooms.

Among his duties at Roberts PolyPro will be advertising, graphic design, communications, strategic planning, and web site development.

Roberts PolyPro produces a comprehensive line of packaging and converting fixtures, fitments, carriers and components as well as a modular line of packaging and converting machinery. For more information about Roberts PolyPro, call 704-588-1794, fax 704-588-1821, or visit www.robertspolypro.com.