New face for closures at Risdon-AMS

Jim Bigham has been appointed director of sales and marketing, Closures at US cosmetic packaging company Risdon-AMS. In a statement this week, the company said Bigham will be responsible for directing sales and marketing efforts for Risdon-AMS' caps and closures operations, one of the company's three major product categories.

Risdon-AMS manufactures fragrance and cosmetics caps and closures in a wide variety of finishes, as well as eye care products, lipsticks and lip gloss packaging components.

"This appointment emphasises our increased commitment to this critical product category,"​ said Stephen Pearlman, Risdon-AMS president, who made the announcement. "Jim brings 28 years of engineering and sales experience in cosmetics packaging to this new position."​

Prior to his appointment, Bigham - who has worked for the company for 24 years - was project engineering manager at the company's lipsticks and specialty closures facility in Danbury, Connetticut.