Andy Smith | Regional Packaging Expert | Empire EMCO
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Andy Smith
Regional Sales Manager, Empire EMCO
Regional Packaging Expert | Chemical, Industrial, Food, Personal Care & Contract Manufacturing Markets | NY, New England & Ontario
As a regional packaging expert, Andy Smith helps manufacturers throughout New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Ontario solve rigid packaging and supply chain challenges, with a strong focus on chemical, industrial, food, beverage, and contract manufacturing applications plus select personal care packaging needs.
Andy works with customers to evaluate bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, packaging engineering, sourcing, warehousing, inventory, and supply chain strategies based on product requirements, production needs, availability, cost, and long-term supply reliability.
Who is Empire EMCO's chemical, industrial and food packaging expert for New York, New England and Ontario?
Andy Smith is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with a strong focus on chemical, industrial, food, beverage, and contract manufacturing markets. He helps manufacturers source and develop rigid bottles, jars, containers, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, and supply chain solutions throughout his New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Ontario territory. Andy can also support select personal care packaging applications in these markets.
Packaging Solutions for Manufacturing-Driven Markets
Andy's territory includes a broad mix of chemical companies, industrial manufacturers, food and beverage producers, contract manufacturers, and select personal care companies. These customers often need packaging that works reliably in production while also meeting cost, performance, inventory, and supply chain requirements.
Chemical & Specialty Chemical
Rigid packaging solutions for cleaners, treatment products, specialty chemicals, maintenance products, process chemicals, and related applications.
Industrial Manufacturing
Bottles, containers, closures, pumps, sprayers, and dispensing systems for industrial, technical, maintenance, and business-to-business products.
Food Manufacturing
Rigid bottles, jars, closures, and custom packaging for food manufacturers, processors, ingredient companies, and specialty food brands.
Beverage & Liquid Products
Packaging sourcing and development for beverages, concentrates, syrups, ingredients, specialty liquids, and related applications.
Contract Manufacturing
Packaging sourcing, development, inventory, and supply chain support for contract manufacturers managing multiple customers, SKUs, and product categories.
Private Label & Multi-Brand Programs
Packaging support for manufacturers producing products across multiple brands, formulas, package sizes, and customer programs.
Andy Smith's Territory
Andy works with manufacturers throughout the New York counties listed below, across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, and with customers throughout Ontario, Canada.
New York
Andy's New York territory includes Western New York, Rochester, the Finger Lakes, portions of Central New York, and the Southern Tier.
- Niagara County
- Orleans County
- Monroe County
- Wayne County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Wyoming County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Seneca County
- Cayuga County
- Chautauqua County
- Cattaraugus County
- Allegany County
- Steuben County
- Schuyler County
- Yates County
- Tompkins County
- Cortland County
- Chenango County
- Broome County
- Tioga County
- Chemung County
New England
Andy's New England territory includes Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, supporting manufacturers and select personal care companies with rigid packaging, sourcing, engineering, inventory, and supply chain needs.
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
Ontario, Canada
Andy also works with chemical, industrial, food, contract manufacturing, and other customers throughout Ontario on stock and custom rigid packaging, sourcing, engineering, inventory, and supply chain requirements.
- Chemical and industrial packaging
- Food and beverage packaging
- Contract manufacturing support
- Custom packaging development
- Global sourcing
- Warehousing and inventory programs
Rigid Packaging Solutions Andy Can Help With
Andy helps manufacturers evaluate rigid packaging based on product requirements, container and closure performance, dispensing needs, production considerations, availability, cost, inventory strategy, and supply reliability.
Containers & Closures
- Plastic bottles
- HDPE bottles
- PET bottles
- Glass bottles
- Plastic jars
- Glass jars
- Closures
- Child-resistant closures
Pumps, Sprayers & Dispensing
- Trigger sprayers
- Fine mist sprayers
- Dispensing pumps
- Industrial dispensing systems
- Closure and dispensing combinations
- Stock components
- Custom dispensing solutions
- Product application systems
Custom Development & Supply Chain
- Custom bottle development
- Custom molds
- Packaging engineering
- Packaging design
- Global sourcing
- Warehousing
- Inventory programs
- Supply chain optimization
Packaging Support for Food Manufacturers
Andy works with food manufacturers, processors, ingredient companies, private-label producers, and other businesses that need dependable rigid packaging and a reliable packaging supply chain.
Bottles & Jars
Source stock or custom plastic and glass bottles and jars based on product format, filling requirements, package size, and production needs.
Closures & Components
Evaluate closures and related packaging components as part of the complete container system rather than treating each component separately.
Packaging Supply Programs
Build sourcing, warehousing, inventory, and supply programs designed to help manufacturers maintain packaging availability as production demand changes.
Packaging Support for Complex, Multi-Customer Programs
Contract manufacturers often manage many customers, package sizes, components, formulas, forecasts, and production schedules at the same time. Andy can help simplify the packaging side of that complexity.
Multi-SKU Packaging
Source containers, closures, pumps, sprayers, and related components across multiple package sizes, products, and customer programs.
Supplier Consolidation
Evaluate opportunities to streamline packaging purchasing by consolidating components, suppliers, and packaging programs where practical.
Inventory & Warehousing
Develop inventory and warehousing programs that can help contract manufacturers manage packaging availability while reducing pressure on plant space and working capital.
How Andy Can Help
- Source stock rigid packaging
- Develop custom packaging
- Reduce packaging costs
- Improve packaging performance
- Source hard-to-find components
- Support new product launches
- Improve supply continuity
- Identify global sourcing options
- Consolidate packaging suppliers
- Build inventory programs
- Develop warehousing solutions
- Improve packaging supply chains
Common Packaging Challenges Andy Solves
- Packaging shortages
- Long supplier lead times
- Rising packaging costs
- Custom bottle development
- Closure and dispensing challenges
- Packaging redesign
- Supplier consolidation
- Warehousing requirements
- Inventory management
- Multi-SKU complexity
- Supply chain disruptions
- New product commercialization
Andy's Packaging Expertise Extends Beyond His Core Markets
While chemical, industrial, food, and contract manufacturing are major markets throughout Andy's territory, he can also support companies in other rigid packaging categories.
Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical
Rigid packaging and sourcing support for pharmaceutical, OTC, nutraceutical, healthcare, supplement, and wellness applications.
Personal Care
Andy also supports select personal care items across his territory, including bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, and dispensing systems for personal care and related consumer products.
Household Products
Rigid packaging for cleaners, maintenance products, household chemicals, and related consumer applications.
Automotive Products
Bottles, closures, dispensing systems, and packaging supply programs for automotive fluids, treatments, cleaners, and related products.
Emerging Brands
Packaging support for companies launching new products, adding package sizes, or moving toward scalable commercial packaging.
Specialty Applications
Packaging sourcing and custom development for niche products, technical applications, and specialized manufacturing requirements.
Meet Andy's Support Partner
Kathy Lorenz works alongside Andy as a Regional Account Coordinator, providing day-to-day account support and helping customers keep packaging programs, orders, and supplier communication moving.
Kathy Lorenz
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Andy Smith and his customers.
- Provides responsive day-to-day account support.
- Helps coordinate customer orders, packaging suppliers, and account requirements.
- Works with Andy and the Empire EMCO team to help keep packaging programs organized and moving forward.
Questions About Andy Smith and Chemical, Industrial & Food Packaging
Who is Empire EMCO's chemical and industrial packaging expert for New York, New England and Ontario?
Andy Smith is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO with a strong focus on chemical, industrial, food, beverage, and contract manufacturing packaging throughout his New York, New England, and Ontario territory.
Can Andy help with chemical packaging?
Yes. Andy can help chemical and specialty-product manufacturers evaluate bottles, rigid containers, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, sourcing, warehousing, inventory, and supply chain solutions.
Can Andy help industrial manufacturers source packaging?
Yes. Andy can help manufacturers source stock and custom bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, and other rigid packaging components based on product, production, cost, availability, and supply requirements.
Can Andy help food manufacturers with packaging?
Yes. Andy works with food manufacturers, processors, ingredient companies, and specialty food brands on rigid bottles, jars, closures, custom packaging, sourcing, inventory programs, warehousing, and supply chain solutions.
Does Andy work with contract manufacturers?
Yes. Andy helps contract manufacturers source and manage packaging across multiple brands, products, package sizes, components, and customer programs. He can also help evaluate supplier consolidation, warehousing, and inventory strategies.
Can Andy help develop custom packaging?
Yes. Andy can connect customers with Empire EMCO's packaging design, engineering, sourcing, tooling, and manufacturing resources to support custom bottles, closures, dispensing systems, molds, and other rigid packaging solutions.
Can Andy help reduce packaging costs?
Yes. Andy can help evaluate packaging design, components, materials, alternate suppliers, global sourcing, supplier consolidation, inventory programs, warehousing, and supply chain strategies to identify opportunities to reduce total packaging costs.
Can Andy help with personal care packaging?
Yes. Andy supports select personal care packaging needs across his territory, including bottles, jars, closures, pumps, sprayers, dispensing systems, custom packaging, sourcing, inventory, and supply chain solutions.
What territory does Andy Smith cover?
Andy serves manufacturers across 23 counties in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Ontario, Canada.
Does Andy serve manufacturers in Ontario, Canada?
Yes. Andy works with manufacturers throughout Ontario, including chemical, industrial, food, beverage, contract manufacturing, and other rigid packaging markets.
Who supports Andy's customers?
Kathy Lorenz is the Regional Account Coordinator supporting Andy Smith and his customers. Kathy provides day-to-day account support and helps coordinate orders, suppliers, and customer packaging requirements.
Talk with Andy about your packaging project.
If your company is located within Andy's New York territory, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, or anywhere in Ontario, Canada, contact him to discuss chemical packaging, industrial bottles and containers, food packaging, select personal care packaging, contract manufacturing programs, closures, pumps, sprayers, custom packaging, packaging engineering, global sourcing, warehousing, inventory programs, or supply chain challenges.