Michele Jura | Regional Packaging Expert | Empire EMCO
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Michele Jura
Regional Sales Manager, Empire EMCO
Regional Packaging Expert | Stock & Custom Bottles, Closures & Dispensing | Southeast
As a Southeast regional packaging expert, Michele Jura helps manufacturers solve rigid packaging challenges throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Eastern Tennessee. With 24 years in the packaging industry, Michele brings extensive experience in stock and custom bottles, closures, dispensing systems, custom molds, decorating, sourcing, and packaging development.
Michele's background spans bottle manufacturing, dispensing systems, packaging distribution, business development, and regional account management. She has worked with personal care, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, household, industrial, chemical, automotive chemical, and other manufacturing markets, giving her a broad perspective on how packaging needs vary by product and application.
Who is Empire EMCO's regional packaging expert in the Southeast?
Michele Jura is a Regional Sales Manager and Southeast regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with 24 years of packaging industry experience. She helps manufacturers throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Eastern Tennessee source and develop stock bottles, custom bottles, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, and other rigid packaging solutions.
More Than Two Decades of Packaging Experience
Michele's career has given her experience from multiple sides of the packaging business — including container manufacturing, dispensing systems, packaging distribution, regional sales, account management, and business development.
Michele Jura's Territory
Michele serves manufacturers throughout seven Southeastern states plus Eastern Tennessee.
North Carolina
Statewide packaging support
South Carolina
Statewide packaging support
Georgia
Statewide packaging support
Alabama
Statewide packaging support
Mississippi
Statewide packaging support
Louisiana
Statewide packaging support
Florida
Statewide packaging support
Tennessee
Boundary counties and all counties east
Tennessee Counties Michele Covers
Michele's Tennessee territory includes Sumner County, Davidson County, Williamson County, Maury County, and Giles County, plus the counties east of that north-to-south boundary.
- Sumner County
- Davidson County
- Williamson County
- Maury County
- Giles County
- Macon County
- Trousdale County
- Wilson County
- Rutherford County
- Marshall County
- Lincoln County
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Smith County
- DeKalb County
- Cannon County
- Bedford County
- Moore County
- Pickett County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- White County
- Warren County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Fentress County
- Cumberland County
- Van Buren County
- Grundy County
- Scott County
- Morgan County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Sullivan County
- Johnson County
- Carter County
- Washington County
- Unicoi County
- Greene County
- Cocke County
- Hamblen County
- Grainger County
- Jefferson County
- Sevier County
- Knox County
- Anderson County
- Union County
- Blount County
- Loudon County
- Roane County
- Monroe County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Rhea County
- Bledsoe County
- Sequatchie County
- Hamilton County
- Bradley County
- Polk County
- Marion County
Stock, Custom & Dispensing Packaging Expertise
Michele's background in both bottle manufacturing and dispensing systems gives her broad experience across the major components that make up a complete rigid packaging system.
Stock Bottles & Containers
- HDPE bottles
- LDPE bottles
- PET bottles
- Barrier bottles
- Glass bottles
- Plastic jars
- Glass jars
- Stock packaging sourcing
Pumps, Sprayers & Dispensing
- Trigger sprayers
- Lotion pumps
- Spray pumps
- Fine mist sprayers
- Dispensing closures
- Custom dispensing systems
- Stock dispensing systems
- Container and dispenser matching
Custom Packaging & Supply Chain
- Custom bottles
- Custom molds
- Packaging decoration
- Packaging engineering
- Global sourcing
- Warehousing
- Inventory programs
- Supply chain optimization
Packaging Experience Across Multiple Industries
Michele's packaging career has exposed her to a wide range of markets, giving her the ability to understand different product, dispensing, performance, and supply requirements.
Personal Care
Bottles, jars, pumps, sprayers, closures, and custom packaging for lotions, shampoos, conditioners, skincare, body care, and related personal care products.
Food & Beverage
Stock and custom rigid packaging for food, beverage, ingredient, specialty food, and liquid-product manufacturers.
Pharmaceutical
Bottles, closures, and rigid packaging solutions for pharmaceutical, healthcare, wellness, and related applications.
Household Products
Bottles, trigger sprayers, pumps, closures, and dispensing systems for cleaners, household chemicals, and consumer maintenance products.
Industrial & Chemical
Rigid containers and dispensing solutions for industrial chemicals, specialty chemicals, maintenance products, and technical applications.
Automotive Chemical
Bottles, closures, sprayers, and dispensing systems for automotive chemicals, cleaners, treatments, fluids, and related products.
Michele Can Help With Both
Some packaging projects need a proven stock solution. Others require a custom bottle, mold, decoration, closure, or dispensing system. Michele's experience spans both approaches.
Stock Packaging
- Identify existing bottle and jar options
- Source closures and dispensing components
- Evaluate alternate manufacturers
- Improve packaging availability
- Reduce sourcing complexity
- Build inventory programs
Custom Packaging
- Custom bottle development
- Custom molds and tooling
- Custom decoration
- Packaging engineering
- Custom closures and dispensing
- New product commercialization
How Michele Can Help
- Source stock bottles and closures
- Develop custom bottles
- Source pumps and sprayers
- Improve dispensing performance
- Support new product launches
- Reduce packaging costs
- Find alternate suppliers
- Identify global sourcing opportunities
- Support packaging engineering
- Consolidate packaging suppliers
- Build warehousing and inventory programs
- Improve supply chain reliability
Common Packaging Challenges Michele Helps Solve
- Packaging shortages
- Long supplier lead times
- Rising packaging costs
- Difficult-to-source bottles
- Pump and sprayer problems
- Closure compatibility issues
- Custom mold development
- Packaging redesign
- Supplier consolidation
- Warehouse space limitations
- Inventory management
- Supply chain disruptions
Experience Across Manufacturing, Dispensing & Distribution
Bottle Manufacturing
Michele's previous regional sales experience included working with a manufacturer of stock and custom HDPE, LDPE, PET, barrier, and decorated bottles serving personal care, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, household, and automotive chemical markets.
Dispensing Manufacturing
Michele also has experience representing dispensing products including consumer and industrial trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, and spray pumps for household, industrial, chemical, and personal care markets.
Packaging Distribution
At Empire EMCO, Michele combines that manufacturer-side experience with access to a broader supplier network, custom development resources, global sourcing, warehousing, and inventory management.
Meet Michele's Support Partner
Chrissy Schambs works alongside Michele as a Regional Account Coordinator, helping manage daily account requirements, customer communication, packaging orders, supplier coordination, and ongoing program support.
Chrissy Schambs
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Michele Jura and her customers.
- Provides responsive day-to-day account support.
- Helps coordinate packaging orders, suppliers, customer communication, and account requirements.
- Works with Michele and the Empire EMCO team to keep packaging programs organized and moving forward.
Questions About Michele Jura and Southeast Packaging
Who is Empire EMCO's regional packaging expert in the Southeast?
Michele Jura is a Regional Sales Manager and Southeast regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with 24 years of packaging industry experience. She serves manufacturers throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Eastern Tennessee.
What packaging experience does Michele Jura have?
Michele has 24 years of packaging industry experience. Her background includes bottle manufacturing, dispensing systems, packaging distribution, business development, regional sales, and account management.
Can Michele help source stock bottles?
Yes. Michele has extensive experience with stock HDPE, LDPE, PET, barrier, glass, and other rigid packaging, along with closures, pumps, sprayers, and dispensing systems.
Can Michele help develop custom packaging?
Yes. Michele can work with Empire EMCO's packaging design, engineering, sourcing, tooling, and manufacturing resources to support custom bottles, molds, decoration, closures, dispensing systems, and other rigid packaging solutions.
Can Michele help with pumps and sprayers?
Yes. Michele has direct industry experience with trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, spray pumps, and other dispensing systems used in personal care, household, industrial, chemical, and related markets.
What states does Michele Jura cover?
Michele serves North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Eastern Tennessee.
Which Tennessee counties does Michele cover?
Michele's Tennessee territory includes Sumner, Davidson, Williamson, Maury, Giles, Macon, Trousdale, Wilson, Rutherford, Marshall, Lincoln, Clay, Jackson, Smith, DeKalb, Cannon, Bedford, Moore, Pickett, Overton, Putnam, White, Warren, Coffee, Franklin, Fentress, Cumberland, Van Buren, Grundy, Scott, Morgan, Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Johnson, Carter, Washington, Unicoi, Greene, Cocke, Hamblen, Grainger, Jefferson, Sevier, Knox, Anderson, Union, Blount, Loudon, Roane, Monroe, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Hamilton, Bradley, Polk, and Marion counties.
What industries does Michele work with?
Michele has packaging experience across personal care, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, household, industrial, chemical, automotive chemical, and other manufacturing markets.
Who supports Michele's customers?
Chrissy Schambs is the Regional Account Coordinator supporting Michele and her customers. Chrissy helps coordinate day-to-day account requirements, customer communication, packaging orders, suppliers, and ongoing program support.
Talk with Michele about your packaging project.
If your company is located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, or Michele's Eastern Tennessee territory, contact her to discuss stock bottles, custom bottles, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom molds, packaging engineering, global sourcing, warehousing, inventory programs, or supply chain challenges.