BIDDEFORD — Barbie Poitras, shipping supervisor at Volk Packaging Corporation in Biddeford, has been named as 2014 STEP Award winner.
The STEP Awards is a major national recognition celebrating women who have demonstrated “Science, Technology, Engineering and Production” excellence in manufacturing. The awards recognize women and their achievements at all levels of a manufacturing organization, from the factory floor to the board room.
Poitras, who lives in Saco, has been with Volk Packaging for 34 years. She was scheduled to go to Washington, D.C. Feb. 6 to accept the award.
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