tna hires former HBTS sales manager

International food packager and processor tna has appointed former HBTS employee Ekaterina Krakovskaya as regional sales manager for Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics.

Krakovskaya previously spent four years as sales manager for HBTS, an Italian manufacturer of confectionery and biscuit packaging.

She will work on increasing sales of tna’s technology in the region, including the Intell-flav OMS 5, a machine which uses a vibrating drum and a weighing scale to distribute seasoning and oil on products. tna’s Robag 3ci bag maker is a ‘vertical form fill and seal’ machine which can bag 250 food products per minute.

Krakovskaya will look after tna’s existing customers and “expand our reach in the Russian region,” said Tim Moulsdale, tna manager, Europe.