Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Sales Team
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Bob joined the Haviland Products team in 1982.
Bob Mastbergen is the Director of Process Engineering at Haviland Products Company. He has been with Haviland for over 25 years and brings an additional 10 years experience in the plating and metal finishing industry. Bob combines his extensive process knowledge with a solid background in equipment design and installation, operations, contract manufacturing and sales. His dedication to serving customers and consistently meeting their needs has been a cornerstone to Haviland’s continued growth.
Bob was selected by Haviland to start a new plating line at LaSalle Rolling Mills for plating pennies for the U.S. Government in 1982. After that successful startup, Bob utilized his technical and sales skills to add other plating customers to Haviland
- After graduating from Michigan Sate University in 1987 with a degree in Marketing from the School of Business, I launched into the world of Industrial sales. My 23 years Sales and Marketing career has been spent with industry leading organization such as Ashland Chemical, Laidlaw Environmental, Dean foods/Suiza, and Chemcentral/Univar. During my tenure as the District Manager/Sales Manager with Chemcentral/Univar in Western Michigan we were rewarded with several Supplier of Year awards. Most notability our team was awarded “Global Supplier of the year” in 2004 and 2006 for our service to Dow Corning Corporation in North America, India, and Barry Wales. My experiences and skills sets in project management, new product/service development, and process implementation will aid me in my new endeavors as the Manager of Contract Services.
- Kevin Nicholas joined the Haviland family in Oct, 2009, serving as the Account Executive for Contract Manufacturing. Kevin brings extensive knowledge in contract manufacturing, procurement, sales and management of associates.
- Kevin joins Haviland with over 33 years of experience in grocery, purchasing and contract manufacturing in various roles.
- Over the last 10 years, Kevin's focus on the formulation, custom packaging and marketing of household consumer products has led to the direct product launch of dozens of highly successful products you see every day on supermarket shelves.
- A major focus of Kevin within our sales department will be in the area of sourcing contract manufacturing opportunities with customers around the United States.
- Kevin will be working shoulder to shoulder with buyers, product development staff, business managers and various staff of new clients for potential new business with our contract manufacturing division.
- We know that customers will enjoy Kevin’s knowledge of category management, and his hands on approach working with each client.
- Kevin has a son and daughter and 2 young grandsons which he enjoys spending time with.
Cheng will head up the Haviland R&D team in their continued efforts to develop high-performance chemistries for a variety of industrial applications.
Boxiu Rachel Cheng joined the Haviland team in 2011 as Senior Research and Development Chemist. Cheng brings 25 years of experience in the surface finishing industry, including in-depth research on corrosion inhibitors and surface modification at Nanjing University of Chemical Technology in P.R. China, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Chemistry. She holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario. Cheng most recently served as Director for Voitto Chemical and as Research Scientist for Metalast International, developing Al, Mg and Ti anodizing technologies.
- Research Director and Mgr of Applications – Hoechst Celanese
- Director of Research – Kodak
- Director of Research – American Litho
- Consultant and owner of own company
Dr. John Walls joined the Haviland team in October, 2009. The holder of 92 US patents and 89 foreign patents, and formulator for over 300 commercial products, John will greatly assist in the research and development segment of Haviland’s contract manufacturing division. His work will extend from our commercial division through to the surface finishing specialty product lines.
Dr. Walls is the proud father of three and grandfather of two. He is an FAA licensed pilot, speaks fluent German, and enjoys classical music, traveling the world with his beloved wife, Joan DeJonge, gaming, scientific reading and woodworking.
Bill joined the Haviland Products team in 2009. He brings with him 20 years of laboratory experience, including analytical analyses, quality assurance and formulation. Bill’s laboratory experience begins with the Monsanto Chemical Company, where he worked summers while attending Central Michigan University. After graduating from CMU, he honed his Chemist skills while working for Fibertec Environmental Laboratories as the Metals Chemist. He then spent 15 years working for the Sherwin-Williams company, starting as a Chemist, then being promoted to Senior Chemist, and finally Laboratory Supervisor. While employed at Sherwin-Williams, Bill learned the contract manufacturing business. He routinely worked closely with customers, managing the transfer of technologies that accompanies contract manufacturing. Bill also worked on maximizing the efficiency of the production processes. He developed and managed a waste reuse procedure that resulted in a one-time cost savings of $105,000, and a continuing cost savings of $60,000 per year. Bill was then employed by Surefil LLC, a Personal Care contract manufacturing facility. As the Formulation Chemist, he custom formulated a line of shampoo’s and conditioner’s that was launched in CVS stores across the country. While employed with Surefil, a customer contacted him with a problem, and an opportunity. This customer had a Room Spray product being sold at Walmart. Their current contract manufacturer developed the formulation, but the product was changing colors, going from water-white to a dark amber. Bill was asked to try to correct the problem. Presented with this challenge, he tackled it head on. After trying over 50 different formulations, he solved the problem, resulting in a 7.2 million dollar contract with this customer. His other formulation experience includes hair gel, lotions, various cleaners, hand sanitizer, energy drink dietary supplements and mouthwash. He takes pride in his work, and strives to build customer relationships built on trust, integrity, and technical competence. Bill’s current responsibilities with Haviland include product formulation and quality assurance.
Ken Daly joined the Haviland Team in November 2005 as Manufacturing Manager. Ken was General Manager of PVS Nolwood Chemical for 15 years and Operations Manager of Chemtech Finishing Systems for 5 years. He brings over 30 years experience in chemical manufacturing, surface finishing and chemical distribution to the team. Ken handles all the manufacturing for Haviland Products and the contract- manufacturing customers.
Ken attended Texas A & M University where he received his certification in Total Quality Process in 1991.