August 20, 2007 -- KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer based in Williston, Vt., is announcing that Steve Listro has been promoted from district sales manager to director of packaging for the Eastern Region. Listro will continue in his position as Northeast district sales manager of commercial accounts but will take on the added responsibility of packaging and folding carton accounts.
“Steve was promoted to this position because of his excellent track record in helping our packaging customers,” says Ralf Sammeck, president and CEO of KBA North America. “Over the past several years as a district sales manager, Steve has gained a superb reputation for his expertise in the packaging field. He has helped our customers to differentiate themselves from their competition by designing unique press configurations that allows them to produce specialty packaging products that no one can produce.”
In his new position, Listro will be overseeing packaging accounts in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York State. He will also be working closely with KBA district sales managers Ed Heffernan and Jeff Tignall on their packaging and folding carton accounts.
Listro has been a long-time KBA employee who has built a legion of loyal customers. He joined KBA 27 years ago as a senior press demonstrator traveling nationwide to visit customer accounts. After serving as service manager for KBA, Listro became the KBA Northeast sales manager in 1992.