Meanwhile, on a worldwide basis, the activities of MGA, Inc., were expanded into:

  • Australia, to ICI's Vinyl Packaging Group (Bruno Coniglio)

  • Australia, to BlowPack (Kevin Morley), which later became James Hardy (Graeme Richardson) , which later became ACI which later became Amcor (Russell Jones)

  • Australia, two industry-sponsored FoodPlas seminars with Jerome Heckman, Esq., and Sophia Dilberakis, Editor of Packaging Magazine.

  • Australia, Australian Ministry of Science and Technology, with two other independent associates, a technical audit of government-sponsored research into the processing and packaging of Australian food products

  • Italy, SNIA, Milan: textile resins (Dr. Pietro Piscitelli, VP).  Gigliotti's first meeting with Dr. Piscitelli followed a trip to Germany.  "I had been told that negotiations in Germany would be precise, detailed and complete, but negotiations in Italy would be time-consuming and rambling.  To my surprise, upon entering his office, Dr. Piscitelli handed me a document covering a project that he wanted me to handle for him.  After I had read it, he asked me if I liked it.  When I said "Yes" he asked me to sign it; then he took my arm and said "Let's go out for coffee,“ which resulted in a relaxed three hours under an umbrella at a pleasant Milan sidewalk cafe."

  • New Zealand, UEB (United Empire Boxboard), modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) of lamb cuts for direct delivery to USA supermarkets (Jack Tunnicliff)

  • Aukland University, Plastic Packaging Conferences

  • Assisting Nitriflex, the Brazilian petroleum conglomerate, in a technical/commercial audit of their resin making facilities in Rio de Janeiro.

 

On the domestic front, Michael Gigliotti, through MGA, Inc., assisted many prominent North and South American corporations.  Among these specific projects were:

  • Redesign of the 'Squeez-It' fruit beverage container for General Mills.

  • A formal technical / commercial-potential audit of several plastic packaging ventures, including the Rampart Company, for the Shell Chemical Company.

  • A technical audit and formal judgment of a major new Dutch research resin for the Shell Oil Company.

  • A nine-volume study of the processes employed in the USA by produce packagers, for the Combibloc Company.

  • Assistance to Campbell Soup in the review and selection of plastic packaging for its line of vegetable beverages.

  • A review and assistance to Consumers Glass of Canada, in the modification of their future growth plans in the packaging industry.

  • Continuous support to Brockway Glass in its development of plastic beverage containers, and its technical management rearrangement and relocation.

  • Being the Expert Witness in the successful defense of the Owens-Illinois/Brockway corporate merger, before the FTC and Federal Courts.

  • Providing technical/environmental/commercial audit assistance to {alphabetical list 'Confidential Clients'}