An entrepreneur who already owned several business interests in Australia, Richard became CEO of Big 3 Packaging when he purchased DCL, Inc. and PAK-IT®, LLC. When introduced to DCL, Inc. he recognized the value in the brand and the spirit of innovation – both dating back over 4 decades. Upon being introduced to PAK-IT®, he immediately envisioned the broader application opportunities of the PAK-IT® technology in use. His lifelong concern for and dedication to the environment began in his youth, growing up on a farm in the Blue Mountains in rural Australia.

Upon graduating from University, Richard quickly ascended to roles carrying heightened accountability and immediately began creating value while running multiple enterprises in a variety of industries from finance to real estate to agriculture, and he continues to lead with his international value creation focus today. Just prior to assuming the helm at Big 3 Packaging, he held the role of Senior Managing Director of Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, and Emerging Market Derivatives at Tullett Prebon, where he had worked for 21 years in increasingly responsible roles. Richard is a Series 7 SEC/FINRA Registered Representative as well as a Series 24 Registered Principal, and has received awards of distinction from the American Management Association (AMA).

Richard is a Chief Executive who leads by example with an international perspective. He has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to successfully address and adapt to the most challenging of tasks in international settings such as Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Great Britain, and Australia. His willingness to travel to the farthest reaches of the planet to find long term sustainable business ventures is well documented and serves as the perfect complement to his energy and skills, which have few boundaries.  And now with Big 3 Packaging as his latest successful venture, Richard is particularly proud to be part of the manufacturing renaissance in the United States, helping put more and more Americans back to work. 

Prior to joining Big 3 Packaging, Jim held the position of Director of Global Business Development at the Dober Group, a global provider of cleaning solutions to a wide range of industries. Before Dober, Jim held a series of increasingly responsible roles at Steris Corporation, a global leader in infection prevention, contamination control, life science, medical device, surgical and critical care technologies. His final role at Steris was as National Product Manager, where he devised and managed chemical storage devices and delivery systems to address HAZOP issues.

Jim began his career in Sales and Product Development as an associate at JWS Technologies, and has held sales and business development positions ever since. His expertise in matching customer needs to solutions is directly responsible for Jim being tapped in many of his previous roles to serve in a product development and product management capacity.

A highly motivated, ambitious leader who has demonstrated performance excellence in general commercial management, marketing, sales, strategic planning, training, and executive selling to senior level management in both domestic and international markets, he has a solid track record of customer relationship development, and product management. Jim is also a sought after, accomplished speaker, who has presented at numerous trade shows, conferences, and technical conferences. Jim holds a B.S. in Business from the University of North Carolina.

Kenneth (Ken) Hammel brings over 35 years of chemical industry experience to his role at Big 3 Packaging.

Interestingly, Ken was part of the early years of Dickler Chemical Laboratories, working part-time during high school in the 70's.

After enlisting in the United States Navy, Ken utilized his considerable talents as a Radioman in Okinawa, Japan by troubleshooting communications circuits and other electronics.

Returning to Philadelphia and obtaining a degree in Specialized Technology from the Lyons Technical Institute, Ken joined Dickler again as a machine operator. Through the years, Ken served the company and its successive owners in a series of progressively challenging positions supervising employees, production lines and inventory control.

As Plant Manager, Kenny brings his extraordinary talent and well-honed expertise of the chemical, JanSan and manufacturing industries to work at Big 3.

Since 1968 he has maintained a long record of innovation in the industry and is responsible for many patents in both the United States and internationally. 

Barry has either worked or consulted for such well known companies as National Chemical Laboratories, Theochem Laboratories, W.E. Greer Ltd., Noxell Corporation, Pfizer, and Levi Strauss.

In 1989 Barry established J. B. Ruck and Associates, Ltd. a consulting firm specializing in contract product and process development and regulatory affairs.  One of firms' clients was Dickler Chemical Laboratories.  While under contract with Dickler Chemical, Barry conceived and developed the original Pak-It line of water soluble packets and obtained patents on these systems. 

James Brown began his career at DCL in 2002. With solid training in machine tool operations from the A Philip Randolph Skills Center, he was recruited to focus extensively in machine operations and maintenance for our Philadelphia plant. In 2008 he was promoted to Lead Operator and assisted the PAK-IT production supervisor to insure that millions of paks would be filled and shipped to exacting standards.

In 2011 he assumed the role of PAK-IT Production supervisor where his attention to process and detail are unsurpassed. James has a passion for quality control at every stage of PAK-IT production and our Quality Control statistics reflect his commitment to the process.

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