JLS Automation has appointed Ken Harding as director of applications engineering and special products.
Harding joins JLS from Multivac, where he spent the past 15 years in engineering. After starting in the applications group and pioneering special development projects for the U.S. market, he was promoted in 2007 to director of engineering and supported U.S.-based manufacturing and led applications engineering and project management teams for primary and secondary packaging projects.