Matthew S. Grimaldi has joined Taplast USA as their senior key account & business development manager/North America. Grimaldi has held various positions in the packaging industry for over 40 years. Most recently, he served as international director of dispensing systems at EmpireEmco. Prior to that he was president of Padtech, a Norwegian-based company. In addition, he spent three years at BioEnvelop in Canada, a leader in water soluble technology, as executive VP of sales and marketing. At Taplast, Grimaldi will be responsible for growing their existing business as well as developing new opportunities in the HBA, OTC and pharmaceutical industries. He will also be responsible for introducing assembly and production of Taplast’s product line to North America.