Empire Emco’s Regional Packaging Experts
Packaging Consultants Who Understand Your Business
Empire EMCO's Regional Packaging Experts work directly with manufacturers to solve rigid packaging, sourcing, engineering, cost, inventory, sustainability, and supply chain challenges. Each customer works with a dedicated regional consultant backed by Empire EMCO's broader packaging resources and global supplier network.
What Does an Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Expert Do?
An Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Expert serves as a manufacturer's primary packaging consultant and point of contact.
Regional experts help customers evaluate stock and custom rigid packaging, packaging engineering, global sourcing, supplier options, cost reduction, sustainability, inventory programs, new product launches, and supply chain strategies while connecting customers with Empire EMCO's technical, operational, and supplier resources.
How Can an Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Expert Help?
Our regional consultants work with manufacturers across the life of a packaging program, from initial evaluation and development through sourcing, commercialization, and ongoing supply.
Custom Packaging
Develop packaging around product, manufacturing, branding, and performance requirements.
Explore Customization →Stock Packaging
Identify existing bottles, jars, containers, closures, and packaging alternatives.
Source Packaging →Cost Reduction
Evaluate materials, suppliers, freight, inventory, tooling, and design alternatives.
Explore Cost Reduction →Global Sourcing
Connect requirements with qualified suppliers, materials, technologies, and processes.
Explore Global Sourcing →Supply Chain Strategy
Improve supply continuity, lead times, supplier diversification, safety stock, and inventory planning.
Explore Supply Chain Risk Reduction →Packaging Engineering
Coordinate engineering resources around materials, performance, tooling, compatibility, and manufacturing.
Explore Packaging Engineering →Sustainability
Evaluate PCR, recyclability, lightweighting, material conversion, and waste reduction.
Explore Sustainability Simplified™ →New Product Launches
Support packaging selection, development, sourcing, timing, feasibility, and commercialization.
Start a Packaging Project →Inventory Programs
Explore stocking, warehousing, JIT, min/max, forecasting, and logistics strategies.
Explore Inventory Programs →Problem Solving
Address supply disruptions, package failures, rising costs, sourcing challenges, and production issues.
Explore Packaging Consulting →Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Experts
Each consultant serves a defined territory or strategic role while drawing on Empire EMCO's broader expertise in packaging engineering, global sourcing, supplier development, operations, and supply chain support.
Dan Roundy
Dan Roundy brings decades of experience helping manufacturers develop reliable, cost-effective rigid packaging programs. He supports customers in Central New York and Québec while also managing strategic accounts throughout the United States. His expertise includes strategic business development, custom packaging, rigid plastic packaging, supplier development, sourcing, packaging project management, and supply chain strategy.
Anne Spellman
Anne Spellman connects brand owners, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and emerging technologies to turn packaging concepts into commercially viable solutions. Her expertise spans packaging innovation, engineering, material selection, custom development, sustainable packaging, manufacturing feasibility, and commercialization.
Kevin Curtin
Kevin Curtin brings extensive packaging experience across consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, personal care, beauty, and sun care. He helps manufacturers navigate custom packaging, commercialization, global sourcing, supplier development, and supply chain execution.
Tym Takacs
Tym Takacs partners with manufacturers to develop packaging strategies that support new product launches, improve supply chain performance, and balance packaging performance, cost, sourcing, and operational efficiency.
Andy Smith
Andy Smith helps manufacturers evaluate custom and stock rigid packaging solutions with a focus on product requirements, manufacturing, engineering support, cost, global sourcing, personal care packaging, and supply chain performance.
Lori Cooper
Lori Cooper works with manufacturers on packaging strategies involving cost reduction, lead-time improvement, custom packaging, engineering, global sourcing, sustainability, supplier development, and supply chain optimization.
Liz Sager-Manning
Liz Sager-Manning brings extensive contract manufacturing, purchasing, packaging procurement, development, commercialization, supplier development, and sourcing experience to manufacturers throughout her territory.
Gordon Bruner
Gordon Bruner helps manufacturers evaluate packaging for chemical, automotive, oil and lubricant, car wash, and industrial applications. His work includes material selection, chemical compatibility, barrier protection, Kortrax vs. fluorination, engineering, sourcing, and supply chain strategy.
Jeremy Ewoldt
Jeremy Ewoldt works with manufacturers to improve operational performance, reduce supply chain risk, and develop practical packaging strategies involving stock and custom rigid packaging, engineering, sustainability, and sourcing.
Michele Jura
Michele Jura brings extensive packaging industry experience to manufacturers throughout the Southeast. She helps customers evaluate custom and stock rigid packaging, procurement, engineering, global sourcing, supplier development, and packaging innovation.
Janki Amin
Janki Amin partners with beauty, personal care, and nutraceutical manufacturers throughout Southern California. She helps customers evaluate custom and stock packaging, engineering, innovation, global sourcing, supply chain optimization, and product launches.
Where Do Empire EMCO's Regional Packaging Experts Work?
Empire EMCO supports manufacturers across major North American manufacturing regions through dedicated regional and strategic account experts.
Northeast
New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Ontario, with strategic account coverage throughout the United States.
Mid-Atlantic
Downstate New York, far eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Midwest
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kentucky, with support across key Midwest manufacturing markets.
Southeast
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and designated areas of Eastern Tennessee.
Texas
Dedicated rigid packaging consulting and account support for manufacturers throughout Texas, including chemical, automotive, lubricant and industrial packaging applications.
Western United States
California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Arizona, supported by Empire EMCO's Western Region packaging expertise.
Southern California
Dedicated regional packaging support from Orange County through San Diego County, with particular experience in beauty, personal care and nutraceutical packaging.
Canada
Selected Canadian manufacturing markets including Ontario and Québec, supported by regional and strategic account expertise.
What Industries Do Empire EMCO's Packaging Experts Support?
Our regional team works with manufacturers across diverse markets where package performance, cost, compliance, branding, production, and supply continuity matter.
Why Work With an Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Expert?
One Dedicated Contact
Work directly with a consultant who learns your products, production requirements, business goals, and packaging priorities.
More Packaging Options
Access a broad supplier network instead of being limited to the capabilities of a single packaging manufacturer.
Cross-Functional Support
Your regional consultant can connect you with engineering, sourcing, operations, inventory, and supply chain resources.
Commercial Perspective
Packaging recommendations consider more than component price, including performance, freight, lead time, inventory, and supply risk.
Long-Term Problem Solving
Continue working with the same team as products, suppliers, markets, and packaging requirements change.
120 Years of Packaging Knowledge
Regional expertise is supported by Empire EMCO's packaging experience, supplier relationships, and organizational resources.
Connect With the Right Packaging Resource
Leadership Team
Meet the leaders guiding Empire EMCO's packaging strategy, operations, sourcing, finance, and long-term growth.
Meet the Leadership Team →Regional Account Support
Meet the team helping coordinate quotes, samples, orders, suppliers, inventory, and customer communication.
Meet Account Support →Packaging Support Specialists
Connect with specialists supporting engineering, compliance, strategic projects, warehousing, inventory, logistics, supplier coordination, and other technical requirements.
Meet Packaging Support Specialists →Find Your Contact
Find the Empire EMCO team member best suited to your location, packaging project, or support requirement.
Find Your Contact →Frequently Asked Questions About Empire EMCO's Regional Packaging Experts
How do I find my Empire EMCO Regional Packaging Expert?
Can Empire EMCO's regional experts help with custom packaging design?
Do Regional Packaging Experts help reduce packaging costs?
Can Empire EMCO help with sustainable packaging?
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Can Empire EMCO help if I have a packaging or supply chain problem?
Can Empire EMCO help with packaging for a new product launch?
Why use a packaging consultant instead of buying directly from one manufacturer?
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Talk With a Packaging Expert Who Understands Your Business
Whether you're developing a new package, reducing costs, solving a supply issue, exploring sustainable materials, or strengthening your packaging supply chain, start with a conversation with Empire EMCO.

