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Unifoil honors president and CEO for 25 years of service.

Joseph J. Funicelli, President of Unifoil Corporation, recently celebrated his 25th anniversary with the company. He was honored at a private reception attended by company shareholders and employees.

Funicelli joined Unifoil at age 18, when he accepted a summer job with the company, then called Anaconda Aluminum Corporation, to learn about laminating. Two-and-a-half decades later, Funicelli's business acumen, vision, loyalty and drive have helped transform Unifoil Corporation into an innovative, award-winning company that produces eye-catching foils, films and holographic materials for prestigious consumer goods manufacturers.

Among Funicelli's many accomplishments are the development of the UniLustre, Holographic UniLustre and Registered Holographic UniLustre materials. When they were launched in the mid and late 1990's, these unique non-laminated, transfer metallized and holographic metallized papers and boards offered consumer goods manufacturers a dramatic new marketing aesthetic.

"Joe is a visionary,"says Bob Gallino, Unifoil research and development manager, who worked with Funicelli to develop the UniLustre brand. "Creating new products inevitably present many technical challenges. Someone with less heart might have abandoned the effort. But Joe never lost confidence in the products or their potential,"he says.

Funicelli holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Pace University, NY. In 1998, Funicelli was named president of Unifoil. For more information, visit www.unifoil.com. or call (973) 244-9900.