Ed Ford
National Sales Manager
MIXACO USA
Ed is currently the National Sales Manager with MIXACO USA, which is the North America office of MIXACO Maschinenbau, a global supplier of innovative mixing technologies that serves the PVC, Masterbatches, Compounding, Powder Coating, Chemical, Food, Rubber, Nutraceuticals, and other industries.
Ed has forty-three (43) years’ experience in the plastics industry with twenty years on the manufacturing side, including the Engineering Manager of the Americas for Clariant Masterbatches, then twenty-three (23) years on the sales side of equipment for the twin-screw extruders, mixers, and material handling systems used in the Plastics and other industries.
Ed formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Color and Appearance Division (CAD), sharing the position of Technical Program Chairman for 2017’s ANTEC and RETEC, is on the RETEC Sponsorship Committee, and on the Education Committee for the Color and Appearance Division.
Ed earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from the University of Delaware in 1996.