West Springfield, MA –January 12, 2008 – Package Machinery Co., Inc. today announced the appointment of executive and management consultant Patricia Reinhardt to its Board of Directors.  Package Machinery Inc. is a manufacturer of wrapping machinery for consumer products manufacturers and is certified as women-owned by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

“We are pleased to welcome Patricia Reinhardt to our Board of Directors,” said Katherine Putnam, Package Machinery Inc.’s President.  “She is a highly experienced executive who has significant business knowledge. We look forward to working with her to strengthen our organization and drive strong growth in the wrapping sector.”

Reinhardt is Managing Partner of Reinhardt-Lippincott & Co. a company that redefines and strengthens the financial base of small to mid-size companies facing financial and operating issues due to either rapid growth or an unanticipated decline in revenues.

Prior, Reinhardt served as Managing Director of DRS Capital, LLC, a private equity fund, CEO of Digi-Block, Inc., an educational products company, and President of BOTEC Analysis Corporation, a firm which focused on economic analyses of public policy issues.

She has Master’s Degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Mary Washington. She is additionally on the Board of Directors of KLD Analytics, Inc. She is also an active member of The Boston Club.

Package Machinery is the leading manufacturer of all servo, high speed overwrapping machinery for consumer products applications. The company was the first in wrapping machinery to create an all-servo machine and offers machinery from the semi-automatic, entry level Wrapster to the high speed FA-ST. To learn more about the company and its capabilities go to http://www.packagemachinery.com.