David Kahalzadeh

Professional Packaging Technologist, Specialist, and Manager with outstanding 20-year experience and unbelievable achievements work with big names and loved brands like Peugeot, Iran Khodro, Saipa, Maz Maz, Supa, Mapna, Iran Pump, Jacoob, Kishwood, Crouse, Abzar Barghi Iran, and … ) in varied industries like Food, Medical, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Furniture.

A packaging specialist and adviser eager to contribute to team success through creativity, consistently rewarded for operational improvement procedures positively impacting productivity, environment, and cost cut which has presented in newspaper and magazine.

(2022 – Present) Cabinet Maker in Canada

(2018 – 2022) Packaging Technologist and Adviser in Atiss Co. (my own company) 

• Managing, owning, and driving small to big packaging initiatives and projects and work effectively with cross-functional projects teams and FMCG production lines.
• Design, make samples, and develop creative quality cost-effective, environment-friendly and sustainable one way and returnable packaging.
• Driving development, contentious improvement, and R&D validation and execution of new packaging (primary, secondary and tertiary) from heavy, huge and fragile products to tiny parts in automotive, electronic, food, medical, furniture, decorative, gas & oil industries.
• Debugging design, flow, layout, warehouse, machinery, logistics, material, sustainability, and run innovative cost savings programs like waste and extra packaging reduction.
• Supply printed packaging material to the fast-food industry. (Instagram: atiss_paper) 

(2016 – 2018) Adviser in Kish Wood Furniture Co. (the biggest in the Middle-East)

• Spread head a sales team of 18 to fulfill and exceed sales quota of 15 billion Rials monthly.
• Advise broken company in developing cost-efficient solutions and improve sales. Interview with the newspaper about achievements.
• Bringing new clients and 9 sale agents, starting online sales on websites and social media.
• Design, generate standard, layout furniture packaging line, and purchase machinery.

(2010 – 2016) Packaging Technologist / R&D Manager in Shamekh Pack Co. 

• Research and Development Packaging and keep up with all new advances in packaging Design and machinery to deliver continuous improvement and new packaging solutions.
• Conduct loading layouts, supervise packing, loading and lashing meets all standards, assuring high-quality delivery for export shipments by truck, air, and sea cargo.
• Design, prototyping, and implement Packaging for CKD, Aftermarket, & CBU Auto parts.
• Debugging packaging design, structure, material, material handling and flow, logistics, and choose the right packaging machinery to ensure efficiency and zero defects.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, reduce packaging cost and recycling effects, increase revenue while maintaining quality.
• Designing, preserving, fixing, and implementing packaging, unitizing Jigs, fixtures (some > 55,000 Ibs), and ABB robots for 2 car production plants. (Saipa Bonro Co. & Saipa Co.) 

(2008-2010) Packaging Specialist and Trader in the UK 

• Packaging saffron and distribute it in the UK.
• Import and sell 2 decorative and electronic products in the UK 

(2006 – 2008) Packaging Technologist & Specialist in Atiss Co. (my own company)

• Import and sell smart and active packaging material from the USA and China.
• Owning and driving development packaging projects in different industries.
• Strategized and created sustainable solutions to reduce packaging usage through the consideration and selection of appropriate packaging design, material, and machinery.
• Training packaging courses in Iran Trading Center and other training centers in companies. 
• Design and supply packaging, pallet, box pallet and develop a palletizing software. 

(1998-2006) Packaging Manager / Engineer in Sapco (IK Group. biggest in the Middle-East)                             

• Spearheaded a team of 12 to design, validation and execution packaging (primary, secondary & tertiary), pallet, box pallet, drive development, standard (compatible to Gallia) for over 500 automotive suppliers in the supply chain to eliminate rework, extra packaging, and warehousing. Iran News and Packaging magazine Interview about achievements
• Successfully Manage, train and direct a team of 65 to design, prototyping, and implement packaging (aftermarket, OEM, CBU, CKD parts), packing and loading automotive parts for export to Peugeot, Valeo, (France) ARA (Italy), Germany, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Belarus & …. 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams in Iran Khodro Co. car plant and 500 suppliers, lead packaging, box pallet, and implement returnable packaging development to speed up the manufacturing process, flow, logistics, and reduce waste (reach to 2500 cars like Peugeot a day). (third biggest car manufacturer in one plant in the world(
• Review, validate, revise and interpret statistical data including technical drawing.
• Packaging specialist, in JIT, Kanban, Synchronize & AS/RS warehouse logistics projects.
• Interview, hire, and train employees and university students on any packaging tasks.
• Meeting and liaising with packaging suppliers, printers, attending exhibitions, and benchmarking companies in Japan, China, Germany (Schnellecke), France, Iran, and Italy (Robopack).
• Manage, Order, inventory, check the quality, and store packaging substances.
• Experience of work with truck fill, cape pack, and palletizing soft wares.

(1995 – 1998) Packaging Specialist and packaging professional

• Write and translate packaging articles for Packaging, Standard, Plastic Industry, and Printing Industry magazines. Visiting about 80 packaging lines in different Industries.
• Deliver packaging engineering advice, supply packaging components (flexible multilayer) for Supa Co. (the best name in medical), and produce plastic plates by pressure molding.

• Executive Management, Iran Industrial Management Organization (one year)
• BSc in Wood Industry Engineering, Azad University Iran (4 years) – Best Student
• Student in MSc Packaging Technology, Brunel University London (Leaved Unfinished)
• High School Diploma in Math and Physics