Jeff Aspinall has joined Harpak-ULMA, Taunton, MA, as vice president of technical/customer service. In his new role, Aspinall will be responsible for technical support, including service engineers, phone support group and in-house machining and testing, as well as the spare parts business.

Aspinall comes to Harpak-ULMA with more than 26 years of experience in the packaging industry spanning food, medical and consumer goods. His extensive background includes a proven track record of creating and developing high-performance technical teams, initiating and managing numerous large capital projects, and developing and managing capital and strategic business plans, along with international business experience. His diverse background includes experience and career developing roles with both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as large end users.

Aspinall’s most recent position was with ConAgra Foods, where he spent more than eight years and was most recently a director of engineering, developing and managing the capital spend for several plants in the company’s frozen foods group.