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Empire EMCO Packaging Experts

Meet the Experts Behind Better Rigid Packaging Decisions

Empire EMCO brings together leadership, regional packaging specialists, account support professionals, sourcing expertise, operations, engineering resources, and supplier relationships to help manufacturers solve rigid packaging challenges from concept through long-term supply.

120 Years Packaging Experience Since 1906
500+ Global Packaging Partners
Nationwide Regional Sales Coverage
One Team Sales, Sourcing, Operations & Support
Empire EMCO Packaging Experts

Who Are Empire EMCO's Packaging Experts?

Empire EMCO's packaging experts include executive leadership, regional sales professionals, account support specialists, supply chain and vendor management professionals, and technical resources who work together to help manufacturers source, design, engineer, manage, and supply rigid packaging.

The team supports packaging decisions involving bottles, jars, containers, closures, custom packaging, materials, sourcing, inventory, logistics, performance, and supply continuity.

Meet the People Behind the Solutions

Find the Empire EMCO Team You Need

Packaging projects require different expertise at different stages. Explore the teams responsible for strategy, customer relationships, sourcing, execution, technical support, and ongoing account service.

Leadership Team

Meet the leaders guiding Empire EMCO's rigid packaging strategy, supplier relationships, operations, finance, business development, and long-term customer-focused growth.

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Regional Packaging Experts

Connect with the sales professionals who work directly with manufacturers to understand packaging requirements, identify solutions, evaluate suppliers, and manage opportunities.

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Regional Account Support Team

Meet the professionals supporting packaging programs behind the scenes with quotes, samples, order management, supplier coordination, inventory, and ongoing customer communication.

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Packaging Support Specialists

Meet the specialists supporting engineering, compliance, strategic projects, warehousing, inventory, logistics, supplier coordination, and other technical and operational packaging requirements.

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Packaging Expertise

What Can Empire EMCO's Packaging Experts Help With?

Our team combines packaging, sourcing, operational, and supply chain knowledge to help customers make better decisions throughout the life of a rigid packaging program.

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Rigid Packaging Sourcing

Identify bottles, jars, containers, closures, tubes, and other packaging components through a broad supplier network.

02

Custom Packaging

Develop packaging around product, branding, performance, capacity, material, closure, and production requirements.

03

Packaging Design & Engineering

Support structural development, material selection, prototyping, tooling, manufacturability, and package performance.

04

Global Sourcing

Evaluate qualified packaging suppliers across multiple regions, materials, technologies, and manufacturing processes.

05

Warehousing & Inventory

Develop stocking, JIT, min/max, warehousing, logistics, and inventory programs around customer requirements.

06

Packaging Problem Solving

Evaluate options when cost, performance, availability, compatibility, production, or supply chain issues arise.

More Than Quoting Packaging

What Problems Can Empire EMCO's Team Help Solve?

Need a packaging redesign?

Evaluate materials, structures, closures, suppliers, custom tooling, decoration, and performance improvements.

Trying to reduce packaging costs?

Explore alternative suppliers, materials, designs, component consolidation, and inventory strategies.

Launching a new product?

Coordinate sourcing, package development, samples, prototypes, suppliers, timelines, and production requirements.

Concerned about supply continuity?

Evaluate supplier diversification, inventory programs, warehousing, global sourcing, and alternative packaging options.

Having package performance issues?

Investigate material, closure, neck finish, compatibility, wall thickness, production, and handling considerations.

Managing too many suppliers?

Consolidate packaging components and simplify supplier, procurement, inventory, and communication requirements.

Industry Experience

What Industries Does Empire EMCO Support?

Empire EMCO works with manufacturers and brands across a broad range of markets where rigid packaging performance, sourcing, cost, aesthetics, and supply reliability matter.

Food & Beverage Personal Care & Beauty Household Products Industrial & Chemical Automotive Agriculture Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical Specialty Manufacturing
How We Work

How Does the Empire EMCO Team Approach a Packaging Project?

1

Understand

Learn the product, package, production requirements, objectives, timeline, and business challenge.

2

Evaluate

Review sourcing, material, design, engineering, cost, inventory, and supplier options.

3

Develop

Source or create the package that best fits the customer's product and operational requirements.

4

Support

Help manage implementation, suppliers, orders, inventory, logistics, and future packaging needs.

People Behind the Packaging Expertise

Connecting Empire EMCO's People to Packaging Expertise

Great packaging solutions require more than finding a bottle, jar, container, or closure.

They require people who understand how packaging decisions affect your product, brand, production, costs, inventory, and supply chain.

Empire EMCO brings together regional packaging experts, account support professionals, leadership, sourcing resources, operations, engineering capabilities, and a global supplier network to help manufacturers solve packaging challenges from initial concept through ongoing supply.

That collaborative approach gives customers access to the expertise needed to source stock packaging, develop custom solutions, evaluate materials and suppliers, manage inventory, troubleshoot performance issues, and strengthen packaging supply continuity.

Packaging Team FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions About Empire EMCO's Packaging Experts

Who are Empire EMCO's packaging experts?
Empire EMCO's packaging experts include executive leadership, regional sales professionals, account support specialists, supply chain and vendor management professionals, operations teams, and technical resources who help manufacturers source, design, engineer, manage, and supply rigid packaging.
What does an Empire EMCO packaging expert do?
Empire EMCO packaging experts help evaluate packaging requirements, identify stock or custom options, source suppliers, coordinate packaging development, troubleshoot issues, manage supplier relationships, and support inventory and supply chain programs.
Can Empire EMCO help develop custom rigid packaging?
Yes. Empire EMCO supports custom rigid packaging projects with design, engineering, material selection, prototyping, tooling, supplier sourcing, decoration, and production coordination.
Does Empire EMCO help with packaging supply chain problems?
Yes. Empire EMCO can help evaluate alternate suppliers, supplier diversification, global sourcing, inventory programs, warehousing, logistics, and other strategies designed to improve packaging supply continuity.
Where are Empire EMCO's packaging experts located?
Empire EMCO is headquartered in the Buffalo, New York area and supports customers through regional sales and account teams across multiple U.S. markets.
How can I find my Empire EMCO packaging contact?
Visit the Find Your Contact page to locate the Empire EMCO representative or support professional best suited to your region or packaging requirement.
How long has Empire EMCO been in the packaging industry?
Empire EMCO traces its history to 1906 and marks 120 years in the packaging industry in 2026.
What makes Empire EMCO's packaging team different?
Empire EMCO combines packaging sourcing, consulting, design, engineering, global supplier access, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and ongoing account support rather than limiting customers to the products of a single manufacturer.

Ready to Put Empire EMCO's Packaging Expertise to Work?

Whether you're sourcing an existing package, developing something custom, troubleshooting a packaging problem, reducing costs, or strengthening your supply chain, our team is ready to help.