Mike White, Ossid Vice President and General Manager, Dies in Accident
April 22, 2008
Rocky Mount, NC - Mike White, Ossid Vice President and General Manager, died Monday, April 21 as a result of injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was 49.
Mr. White, a 20-year management and engineering veteran, joined Ossid in 2004 and served as its Vice President and General Manager since February last year. He previously served as Ossid's Operations Manager and was instrumental in integrating its MH product line acquired in 2006.
"Mike was a great person and leader for our company," said Bud Lane, President of Pro Mach's Primary Packaging Business Unit. "He will be sorely missed as a friend and mentor to many people throughout our company and the packaging industry. I'm personally grateful to have known him as a friend and to have worked beside him. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family during this difficult time."
Mr. White was born in Santa Monica, California on June 8, 1958. He received his Bachelor's of Science degree from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in Business Management and Labor Relations. He lived in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina and is survived by his parents Carroll and Marjorie White, brother Jim White and sister-in-law Joy White.
Memorial services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday April 25 at Mt. Sylvan Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina. Mr. White's family requests that memorials be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
About Pro Mach
Pro Mach is a leading provider of integrated packaging products and solutions for food, beverage, household goods, pharmaceutical, and other diverse consumer and industrial companies. Through three business units and related divisions, Pro Mach provides equipment, training, installation, and parts in primary packaging, end-of-line packaging, and identification and tracking.
Pro Mach has a diverse customer base, from Fortune 200 companies to smaller, privately-held businesses worldwide, which depend on reliable, flexible, technologically advanced packaging equipment and integrated solution sets. Pro Mach is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio with manufacturing facilities and offices throughout the United States and Canada.
Pro Mach is an Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC portfolio company. Odyssey is a leading middle-market private equity fund with approximately $1.0 billion under management. Areas of investment focus for Odyssey include industrial, aerospace, business and financial services as well as route-based services.
For more information about Pro Mach visit our website at www.ProMachInc.com.
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