Longtime public relations specialist Martino announces retirement

A longtime communications representative of companies within the plastics industry is calling it a career and closing his business. 

Robert Martino is retiring June 30. He started his own public relations agency — Martino Communications Inc., Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. — in 1993, after a long tenure at Modern Plastics magazine, where he had worked since 1973. He has represented Maguire Products, Teknor Apex and EDI — now Nordson —  for more than 20 years.   

Martino, who first went to NPE in 1973, represented the trade show in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015 on behalf of the Plastics Industry Association, then known as the Society of the Plastics Industry.  

“My favorite memories are of my clients and of the work I’ve done for them,” Martino said. “My clients have treated me as part of the team and as someone with certain skills and experience that can help them reach customers and prospects. The work itself has been satisfying. It has been fun to introduce new technologies in press releases and articles, explain how they work and figure out how best to highlight their benefits for plastics processors.”