Speaker, Breanna Van Nuland
Senior Product Development Engineer – AmcorBreanna Van Nuland is a Senior Product
Development Engineer at Amcor focused on the AmFiber TM Portfolio, paper-based packaging solutions. While working in R&D, Breanna has amassed experience in both 2D and 3D fiber converting across a variety of consumer products. Her work with Amcor continues to investigate and explore both 2D and 3D paper-based packaging solutions.
Actively involved with TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) since 2019, participating in various technical committees, she is most honored to actively support the Women in Industry Division as Chairperson for the Solutions and Strategies for Career Development Committee.
Breanna completed Bachelor degrees in both Chemistry and Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Prior to her roles in R&D, Breanna has 10 years of Quality Management experience crossing many related industries: starch manufacturing, flexible healthcare packaging and paper converting.
Speaker, Chris Jansen
Principal Product Development Engineer – AmcorChris Jansen is a Principal Product Development Engineer at Amcor, a position he has held since January, 2024. His focus is on the AmFiberTM Portfolio, specifically paper based flexible packaging structures that are recyclable in the paper stream and/or compostable.
Prior to joining Amcor R&D, Chris has spent most of his career in technical and product development roles related to specialty paper manufacturing as well as gas sterilizable medical packaging applications. Chris is a 1992 graduate of Paper Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
