Multi-Color appoints new leadership

Effective from April 1, Needham will serve as the global COO for Multi-Color’s Consumer Product Goods division and Vadis Rodato will serve as the global COO for its Wine & Spirit division.

Floyd Needham has been with Multi-Color for seven years. For the last five years he was president of the converter’s North America Consumer Products division and prior to that was the vice-president of sales for the same business unit.

Vadis Rodato has been with Multi-Color/Collotype for 19 years, with 10 years of experience leading the company’s Asia-Pacific Wine & Spirit business as president, and two years experience serving as president of the North America Wine & Spirit division.

Both positions will report to Multi-Color president and chief executive officer Nigel Vinecombe.

Multi-Color Corporation is one of the world’s largest label converters headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio with 31 production locations globally and annual revenues in excess of 750 million USD.

Vinecombe said: ‘I am delighted Floyd and Vadis are taking on broader responsibilities and will bring their proven leadership and greater integration to our global operations in their respective market segments.’

Multi-Color has been executing an expansion program through acquisitions in major markets around the world including China, Eastern Europe and Chile. Most recently, Multi-Color purchased Flexo Print, a leading converter in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2013, followed by the acquisitions of John Watson & Company in Glasgow, Scotland and Gern & Cie SA in Neuchatel, Switzerland in the fall of 2013. Already in 2014, Multi-Color has purchased Di-na-cal Labels with operations in Ohio and North Carolina to support its capabilities in the heat transfer labels business.

Multi-Color's acquisition history is detailed in the Labels & Labeling archive:

Multi-Color acquires Collotype | Multi-Color completes York Label acquisition | Multi-Color Corporation acquires Mexican converter Flexo Print