Alumnus Savarese is FKI Logistex Regional Project Manager

HOBOKEN, N.J. — FKI Logistex®, a global leader in integrated material handling solutions, announced the appointment of Stevens Institute of Technology alumnus Gary Savarese as project manager in the Northeast regional office.

An industry veteran with 25 years of material handling and packaging experience, Savarese will specialize in palletizing and conveyor systems for the food and beverage industry.

Savarese’s professional experience includes several years as a material handling consultant and as a project engineer for Mott's, as well as 19 years as a senior engineer for Best Foods, now a part of Unilever. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

“Gary’s practical experience on a wide variety of material handling equipment and machinery and his customer-oriented point of view will be a welcomed, unique sales resource for FKI Logistex,” says Andy Modale, sales manager, FKI Logistex North America. Savarese reports to Modale.

Chairman of the Eastern Equipment Committee (a technical committee of the Institute of Packaging Professionals), Savarese is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is married with two children and will be based in Edison, New Jersey.

About FKI Logistex North America

FKI Logistex North America is a leading provider of automated material handling solutions, supplying its customers with an integrated set of leading-edge technologies in high-speed sortation, conveyor systems, carousels, palletizing, paperless pick products, AS/RS, controls, order fulfillment systems, RFID implementation, EDS integration, baggage handling systems, warehouse control systems, and total material handling automation.

FKI Logistex provides material handling solutions for airports, postal facilities, parcel distribution, manufacturing operations, library automation, and for warehouse and distribution facilities. With projects that include many of the world's largest and most advanced material handling operations, FKI Logistex has manufacturing, engineering and support facilities around the world.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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