9 MAY. 2024 · Supply Chain Specialist Luke Smith enjoys building “really cool relationships” with Premier’s customers instead of just trying to sell products. The Premier way, he explains, is getting to know and understand you and your operations so we can find opportunities to help your bottom line. Luke also talks about how much he likes living in his native Utah, with its many outdoors activities like skiing: “If you don’t like the outdoors, you should move.

25 ABR. 2024 · As a child, Kevin Fritze saw the impact of logging on the Maine woods, and decided he wanted to help protect the environment. As Premier’s Sustainability Manager, he analyzes the way we operate and looks for ways for us to become more sustainable. Here he explains how the more sustainable packaging choice is not always the obvious one, as well as easy, inexpensive ways to build sustainability into your daily life.

11 ABR. 2024 · Alex Garrett started college intending to become an opera singer and ended it determined to help people by coming up with packaging solutions. Opera’s loss is Premier’s gain. With us seven years now, Supply Chain Specialist Alex talks about how Premier’s target assessment process has helped businesses save hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Based in Southern California, he’s had several brushes with celebrities—including almost hitting actress Jennifer Garner with his car.

28 MAR. 2024 · Kate Smith and Rachel Carroll, the Hat Girls, had a problem: How to protect their fragile, custom-designed, high-end hats that can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars during shipping. Enter Premier Packaging, which created a box that offers excellent protection and is luxurious too, adding to the customer’s unboxing experience. Learn more about Kate and Rachel’s head-y business and our partnership with them in this fascinating episode.

14 MAR. 2024 · As Premier Packaging celebrates its 30th birthday, we look back at what our employees interviewed on the podcast like about our company, including their opportunity for advancement, our culture, and our commitment to customer service. And how did they get here? The answers range from a golf course meet-up to university MBA contacts to a Craigslist ad.

29 FEB. 2024 · Premier offers many packaging options for our customers. Chris Winfield, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, explains the advantages of poly mailers, padded paper mailers, cold chain packaging, and corrugated boxes, from durability and recyclability to our capabilities such as dual inside/outside printing. Also: How pizza is like fine jewelry.

15 FEB. 2024 · Premier’s manufacturing facility in Louisville, Ky, features state-of-the-art machinery, but what really sets it apart are our employees. Host Billy Watkins talks to Shipping Manager Cindy Spurlock, CAD operator Tiffany Reed, forklift driver Willie Jeffrey, and Manufacturing General Manager Jason Stinnett about their day-to-day jobs. When asked why they love working here, they all say the same thing: The people.

31 ENE. 2024 · Every day our employees keep products and materials smoothly flowing in and out of our Corporate Distribution Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Good people are the key to tracking and moving inventory safely and efficiently. On a visit to the DC, host Billy Watkins talks to Logistics Coordinator April Angus; Warehouse Lead Tim Weathers; Warehouse Associate Richard Gooch; and Regional Operations Manager Mitch Payne about their roles in the process.

18 ENE. 2024 · “Chemistry is a way to grow your curiosity about the world,” says Pam Wilson, Premier’s Vice President of Products. She applies her curiosity to discovering and developing the products our customers want and need, both now and down the road. Here she talks about the product development process, how a polymer background is valuable in the packaging world, and why Premier is uniquely positioned to spot and act on trends in the marketplace.

4 ENE. 2024 · Host Billy Watkins looks back at 2023, a year of challenges in which Premier scored several major accomplishments.