JLS Automation has named Jeremy Rothermel as Northeastern regional sales manager. He will report to Mike Newcome, vice president of sales.

Rothermel will support sales in the upper Northeast U.S. and comes to JLS with extensive experience with automated packaging and handling solutions. Most recently, he was an area sales manager with Cama USA Inc., where he was responsible for secondary packaging sales in the Northeast region. Rothermel was previously a regional sales manager in the same area for Benchmark Automation, specializing in the bakery, cookie, cracker and snack food industries, and also with KLEENLine Corporation where he focused on the bakery, meat processing and prepared food industries.

“Jeremy is a welcomed addition to the JLS sales team,” said Craig Souser, JLS president and CEO. “His industry experience with food packaging, in addition to his knowledge of both primary and secondary automated packaging solutions will help drive sales in the Northeast region and add to the JLS customer experience.”