Todd Turner

Lead Development of new and innovative returnable packaging solutions for Worldwide Logistic loops and Storage.

Creation and Implementation of new and innovative products for packaging, material handling, and logistics systems. Our priority at RPP is ensuring your success. Whether you’re seeking to expand your product offering, build new tools or enter new markets, we’re here to ensure that the process is well-planned and executed. Our team has over 100 years of experience in the returnable container industry and will ensure your project will be a success.

RPS Division (formally Macro Plastics) merged with LFE Division of IPL. Continuing in my role as Creative Leadership.

Macro Plastics manufactures MacroBins, IsoBins, EuroBins, MacroTotes, and MacroTrac-premium, injection-molded plastic Logistic Bins, Container, and Floor. Mostly used for harvesting, shipping and storing fruits, vegetables and other commodities like Automotive components. Interlocking feet make Macro Products easy to transport, align, stack and store. With over 70 models of folding and fixed wall bins in a variety of sizes and footprints, there's a MacroBin model to suit almost every need. • Designed, Developed, and Implemented highly material efficient & compatible AG Bin for Eastern USA • Designed, Developed, and Implemented revolutionary new Hybrid line, 44, 1012, and 1212 • Designed, Developed, and Implemented an entirely new style of one-piece Agriculture bin with unprecedented cost, weight, strength, and Capacity. 29Bin • Designed, Developed, and Implemented an entirely new line of European style folding bin with unmatched shipping efficiency and high load capacity, 1210 EuroBin including all it variants • 2015 Top 10 Innovative Product in Agriculture, entire new line of International shipping and storage containers • Redeveloped Storage container with 20% better material efficiency • Designed, Developed, and Implemented of a complete product line of collapsible North American Compatible International shipping container line. 45 IsoBin Including all it variants • Introduced advanced development techniques and presentation to the company. Rapid advance Concepts, FEA optimized development, Photorealistic presentation, and Closed loop validation, Internal Rapid Prototyping • Development and Implementation of three lines of hand totes. • 8 patents, 4 pending near issuance • Overhaul and replacement design for temporary flooring line • Numerous existing product improvements, including the highest volume product • Developed several new style material efficient bins of the future • Managed an average of 24 named projects a year of various sizes

Packaging Product Development Company

Continuation of LINPAC position after Orbis Purchase.

Primary Engineer responsibile for the design, development and implimentation of customized plastic packing solutions for the Automotive, Food and Beverage, and General Industry markets. This includes projects involving development and global aquistion of high pressure injection, structoral foam injection,and vacuum material handling components. Implementation of projects including tool procurement in USA and Asia. Supervisions of a Design Engineer and mentoring of other Junior Engineers. Process include vacuum formed, injection molded, structural foam molded plastic. Job requirements include documentation in accordance with QS9001, on-site evaluations, Solid-Modeling (SolidWorks) of projects, presentation of designs to customers and management, validation through DFEMA, FEA (CosmosWorks) and MoldFlow, control of capital purchases including US and Asian vendors, and creation of customer presentations using photo-rendering.

Henry Molded Products acquired Molded Pulp Products. Responsible for all aspects of running the Division including direct supervision of the manufacturing operations and personnel, budgeting, hiring of personnel, while still fulfilling my obligations as Engineering Manager.

Responsible for all aspects of the development of new projects including customer contact, product design, sampling, tooling, pilot runs, testing, new process development, new equipment acquisition, guidance of development engineers, technical advisor to manufacturing, and development, design and maintenance of Website. Accountable for creative growth of the company; shorten the project concept phase from 5 days to 4 hours, lowered the cost of tooling by over 50%, developed pulp solutions that were at one time not thought possible & developed and hold patent on proto-typing method. Prime responsibilities for the design and development of new molded pulp products including customer contact to evaluate project viability and customer requirement, conceptual design with the use of solid modeling software taking into consideration performance and molding limitations, creation of customer presentation, and rapid proto-typing, technical liaison from sales to customer.