Kober Joins Hexacomb as Director of Global Marketing and Strategy

Darlene Kober has joined Hexacomb, Buffalo Grove, Ill., USA, a Boise company, as director of global marketing and strategy. Kober has more than 20 years of experience with multinational manufacturing corporations serving diverse industries such as packaging, specialty industrial products, medical devices and chemicals. She has held marketing and sales roles of increasing responsibility at Baxter Healthcare, Danaher Corp., Morton International, and Air Products and Chemicals.

Most recently, Kober was director, global marketing for Baxter Healthcare where she reshaped business unit strategy and initiated an acquisition that brought state-of-the-art technology to customers. Previously, she led marketing efforts for industrial coding and marking leader Videojet Technologies, a division of Danaher Corp.

Kober holds a Master of Business Administration in marketing and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Bucknell University. She is active in the Chicago chapter of the Business Marketing Association, serving on the Education Committee to elevate the focus of business-to-business marketing within MBA marketing curriculums.

Hexacomb is a producer of paper-based protective packaging and display boards. It has nine production facilities in North America and three in Europe.

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