Kenneth Gibbs has been named regional sales manager over TricorBraun’s Portland and Seattle offices.  TricorBraun is one of the nation’s largest suppliers of rigid packaging.

He joined TricorBraun in 1997 as part of that company’s acquisition of Caliber, a California-based rigid packaging distributor.

Mr. Gibbs served as the office’s branch manager prior to his appointment as regional sales manager.

The Portland office has 27 employees and provides containers to businesses in Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho and British Columbia.  In the past five years, the Portland office has increased sales by more than 50 percent.  The Seattle office was recently acquired as part of TricorBraun’s acquisition of Ryco Packaging.