The late Bernard Katz was a member of PMMI and the founder President of Telesonic Packaging Corp. His career in the packaging machinery industry began with his invention of the recirculating turbulent hot air shrink tunnel in 1952 as a method of wrapping “self-serve” packaged prepared meat products. A milestone was realized with the development of the shrink tunnel and the subsequent formulations of shrink films and opportunities for packaging machinery. He assisted Dow, Goodyear, DuPont, Grace, and PE extruders in developing specifications and applications primarily for packaged food products. However, his vision uses obviated cellophane over-wrapping for phonograph records, toys, pharmaceuticals, six packs, produce, etc.

– “I’ve never let school get in the way of my education.”