Elmer Kuhlman is a 1951 graduate of the University of Minnesota in an engineering / business program with a BBA, Industrial Administration.
He started his career as an Industrial Engineer for Montgomery Ward in 1951 until he left in 1955 to work for Honeywell Inc. as a Production Engineer.
In 1960, Elmer was assigned as a Sr. Packaging Engineer in the Honeywell Ordnance Division. He was promoted in 1968 to Supervisor- Packaging & Handling Engineering for Government & Aeronautical Products Division (a merging of divisions).
From 1979 to 1985, he supervised Packaging / Materials Handling / Industrial Engineering for a Department which provided support to three Divisions in five locations.
His promotion in 1985 to a dual ladder position as Sr. Engineering Fellow (Packaging Engineering Consultant to those Divisions) completed his Honeywell and Alliant Techsystems, Inc. career in July 1991.
During those years he held all officer positions in Society of Packaging & Handling Engineers (SPHE) Minnesota Chapter - - - now Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). He was on committee in the 1960's which started the Packaging Engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He was also a member of its Industrial Advisory Board (1988 - 1994).
From 1990 to 1994, Elmer was a member of the Industry Advisory Board for Chemical Abrasion Resistant Wood Research Program which was funded by the U.S. Congress, administered by the U.S. Army, and carried out by university research at Mississippi State.
He has held chairmanship positions in Packaging Divisions for:
ADPA - American Defense Preparedness Association - and awarded its Bronze Medallion;
AIA - Aerospace Industries Association - and received its Distinguished Colleague Award;
National Security Industrial Association.
After retirement in July 1991, he has remained active as a Packaging Consultant. This has included work as an "Expert Witness". He is a Director for the American Wood Packaging Association.
Current memberships in national organizations include:
Institute of Packaging Professionals (loPP) and its College of Fellows
American Society for Testing & Materials (was co-chair of D10.26 Subcommittee a few years)
Material Handling Institute (MHI)
International Standards Organization (ISO) and Convenor of its Working Group 5 for "International Packaging Terminology and Vocabulary".
Elmer has been an active member of National Institute of Packaging, Handling & Logistics Engineers (NIPHLE) since 1975 and is included in the School of Military Packaging Technology (SMPT)’s Military Packaging Hall of Fame. WoodenCRATES.org feels that Elmer's greatest contribution is that he retired in 1991 and has spent his retirement years aiding the packing and crating industries. For more than a decade he has attended meetings around the world and worked to improve our industry; and all without profit.
Thank you Elmer.
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