Meritage Specialty Packaging appoints Gary Cane as Vice President, California Operations

Meritage Specialty Packaging has announced the appointment of Gary Cane as Vice President, California Operations, effective immediately. Gary spent the last eight years with Paragon Label and was VP Manufacturing before accepting the newly created position with Meritage Specialty Packaging.

In his new role, Gary will be responsible for business development in California with a specific priority of developing immediate sales opportunities and expanding our network in the wine & spirits, cosmetics and food label industry.

Gary and the Tapp family have a well-established history that goes back to the early 90’s. Gary brings over 15 years of experience in pressure sensitive wine labels, having worked as Production Manager at Tapp Technologies alongside Jay Tapp in the early years of the wine industry’s conversion to pressure sensitive labels.

Gary is very well known in the wine industry and is a seasoned packaging industry executive with extensive experience and knowledge in offset and flexo printing as well as digital printing and all types of finishing processes such as foil stamping and embossing techniques.

“I am extremely pleased to be working with Jay & Dawne and the Meritage team. I have worked with many of the key staff previously, and it’s a great group of people!” said Cane. “The world has a way of coming full circle, and now I am excited to lead the implementation of Meritage’s business activities in California.”

“Gary has exactly the type of experience and expertise that will ensure that our new digital printing and decorating platforms are executed and deployed most effectively,” added Dawne Tapp, President of Meritage. “His reputation precedes him, and we are delighted to have him on board.”

About Meritage Specialty Packaging

Meritage was founded in 2006, by Jay & Dawne Tapp, to develop and commercialize advanced printing, decorating technologies and processing systems.

Meritage is a specialized value added packaging manufacturer and systems integrator focused on wine & spirits, cosmetics and security applications with an emphasis on digital technologies and extensive decorating capabilities.

The company uses world class color management hardware and software together with custom decorating and variable data imaging to reduce overall packaging costs for its clients, while creating truly unique packaging which provides the latest in brand promotion and product differentiation.