Husky Technologies Announces New Senior Executive Roles - Appoints Wassim F. Labban And Dave Morton To Leadership Team

BOLTON, Ontario – Husky Technologies™ (“Husky” or the “Company”), a GPGI company (NYSE:GPGI), today announced the appointments of Wassim F. Labban to Executive Vice President, Global Sales, and Dave Morton to Executive Vice President, Business Development and Marketing, effective immediately. These leadership appointments reinforce Husky’s continued focus on accelerating global growth, strengthening customer partnerships, and advancing the company’s commercial and market development strategy. 

Wassim F. Labban has more than two decades of leadership experience at Husky. Since joining the company in 2004, Mr. Labban has held numerous senior leadership roles across global markets, including Vice President, Rigid Packaging, Vice President, Beverage Packaging, expanding his leadership responsibilities across the middle east, to Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania. He has led Husky’s commercial teams, building strong customer partnerships and driving sustained business growth.

In his new global role, Mr. Labban will be responsible for driving revenue growth and enhancing customer engagement across Husky’s markets around the world. Mr. Labban holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut and has completed advanced executive programs at INSEAD and London Business School in global management, finance, value creation, leadership, and strategy.

Dave Morton brings 30 years of experience at Husky, having most recently served as Vice President, PET & Packaging Systems. Since joining the company in 1997, Mr. Morton has held a number of senior global leadership roles in Canada, U.S.A., Luxembourg and Brazil across engineering, operations, and commercial strategy. Previously, he held several Vice President roles and was the Director, Global Customer & Sales Support, based in Luxembourg, strengthening customer partnerships and driving growth across key markets.

Mr. Morton will now focus on commitment management and customer-focused, market-driven innovation, aligning Husky's products and their unique value proposition with customer needs and global market opportunities to drive the company's long-term growth strategy. Mr. Morton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an Advanced Executive Certificate in General Management  from Queens University. Mr. Morton is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

“These promotions recognize two exceptional leaders who have each made significant contributions to Husky over many years,” said President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Domodossola, of Husky Technologies. “Wassim’s global commercial leadership and strong customer focus have been instrumental in building lasting partnerships across key international markets. Dave’s deep technical expertise and strategic perspective have helped strengthen our market position and expand our customer value proposition. I am confident both will play critical roles as we continue to drive growth and deliver value for our customers worldwide.”

“I’m excited to step into this expanded role and work with our dedicated, results-oriented sales teams and customers across the globe to continue to contribute to Husky’s continued growth,” said Wassim Labban, Executive Vice President, Global Sales. “Husky has a strong reputation for innovation, customer partnership and operational excellence. I look forward to further strengthening our global sales organization and supporting our customers as they grow their businesses.”

“I’m honored to take on this new role and working with our customer-focused teams to continually improve our customer experience,” said Dave Morton, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Marketing . “Our focus remains on closely collaborating with customers and innovation teams to deliver solutions that meet market needs and drive customer success. By leveraging Husky’s deep market expertise and commitment to technology innovation, we will continue to define and deliver integrated solutions that strengthen our leadership position globally and create lasting value for our customers.”

These leadership appointments strengthen Husky’s executive team and accelerate the company’s focus on strategic priorities, operational excellence, and growth across its key markets. Husky will continue to drive innovation, expand its global reach, and deliver high-quality solutions to its customers.

About GPGI

GPGI, Inc. (NYSE: GPGI) is a diversified, multi-industry platform for companies with great positions in good industries. The platform is managed by Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. (NYSE: RHLD) and is purpose-built to acquire, own, and scale high-quality businesses led by great operators, benefiting from a permanent capital base and the systematic deployment of the Resolute Operating System. GPGI currently consists of CompoSecure and Husky – two market leaders with best-in-class financials and durable opportunities for growth. For more information, please visit GPGI.com.

About Husky, a GPGI Company

Founded in 1953, Husky is a technology pioneer that enables the delivery of essential needs to the global community with industry-leading expertise and service. Husky is a leader in highly engineered equipment and aftermarket services. Husky’s products are used to manufacture a wide range of plastic products, including beverage and food containers, medical devices, and consumer electronic parts. Husky provides comprehensive and integrated systems solutions that are comprised of injection molding machines, molds, hot runners, controllers, and auxiliaries. For more information, please visit Husky.co.

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