Lead with the whole line
Plants in these groups judge a packaging project by output per shift and the labor it frees. Opening with a complete line designed around their product speaks to operations and engineering in the same conversation.
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Accutech Packaging Buyer Map
Gerry | Accutech Packaging | November 2026
As of 04 Nov 2026
Accutech Packaging designs and builds custom packaging systems and complete packaging lines, and supplies the packaging materials that run on them, for fulfillment, food processing and general manufacturing.
This map covers plants with their own packaging lines in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and the six New England states, and the people who usually sign off on a new line or a line upgrade at each.
Counts appear only where a public industry code fits the whole group, and each is a US total. Where no clean code fits, the page says so.
Where the buyers sit
Food plants come first, as the work Accutech Packaging describes on its own site. Each count is a national total of employer firms, shown banded.
| Group | Organizations in the US | Under 20 staff | 20 to 99 | 100 to 499 | 500 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturers | about 26,000 | about 19,000 | about 4,500 | about 1,400 | about 670 |
| Beverage manufacturers | about 11,000 | about 9,000 | about 1,900 | about 240 | about 100 |
| Contract packagers and co-packers | about 1,600 | about 1,200 | about 270 | about 87 | about 43 |
| Personal care product manufacturers | about 1,100 | about 740 | about 190 | about 87 | about 44 |
| General manufacturers that ship finished goods in cartons | no clean public count |
US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.
Food and beverage plants
The core group for packaging lines in these states.
A food or beverage plant buys a new line when volume grows, when a new pack format launches, or when a retailer changes its case and pallet specs. Labor is the other trigger, since case packing, sealing and palletizing are often the hardest shifts to staff.
Operations owns the line and the output target, engineering owns the spec, and procurement runs the bids. A new line or a large upgrade usually needs all three to agree.
| Role | What they weigh |
|---|---|
| Director of Operations | Line uptime, output per shift, labor on the packing floor |
| Packaging Director or Manager | Pack formats, material use, changeover time between products |
| Packaging or Manufacturing Engineer | Machine spec, fit with the existing line, integration and controls |
| Procurement or Purchasing Director | Total cost of the line, materials supply, number of suppliers |
Contract packagers and co-packers
Co-packers run many products for many brands on shared lines, so changeover speed and flexible equipment decide how much work they take on. They buy often, and they buy for the next customer contract as much as for today.
The plant or operations lead usually decides, with the owner signing the larger lines.
Personal care and household goods plants
Beauty, personal care and household plants pack many small units into cartons and shippers, with seasonal peaks and frequent new launches. Packaging engineering carries more weight here, since the pack is part of the product.
Ten people to start with
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Nov 4, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kehoe Jr. | Senior Director of Operations | Oberweis Dairy | Chicago, IL | john.kehoe@oberweis.com | +1 308 217 2818 |
| Carlos Texidor | Regional Director of Operations, North America | Edgewell Personal Care | Milford, CT | carlos.texidor@edgewell.com | +1 203 747 0907 |
| Tom Giglio | Director of Operations | Jimmy's Gourmet Bakery | Brooklyn, NY | +1 609 947 1600 | |
| Brett Cottle | Senior Director of Operations | Tandem Foods | Pittsburgh, PA | brett.cottle@tandemfoods.com | +1 412 418 9379 |
| Juan Molina | Packaging Engineering Manager | Arcade Beauty | Edison, NJ | juan.molina@arcadebeauty.com | +1 718 581 3367 |
| Zack Zajac | Packaging Engineering Manager | TH Foods Inc. | Rockford, IL | zzajac@thfoods.com | +1 734 771 0495 |
| Keith Vent | Project and Packaging Engineer | Giovanni Food Company, Inc. | New York State | kvent@giovannifoods.com | +1 914 671 8897 |
| Aaron Matteos | Director of Procurement | Gold Medal Bakery | Fairhaven, MA | amatteos@goldmedalbakery.com | +1 508 717 1726 |
| Yona Adika | Director of Procurement | Tropical Cheese Industries Inc. | Keasbey, NJ | y_adika@tropicalcheese.com | +1 732 442 4898 |
| Tracie M. Moore | Purchasing Manager | Ken's Foods | Worcester, MA | tmoore@kensfoods.com | +1 508 479 4228 |
Where to start
Pair the materials with the machine
A plant that buys a line from Accutech Packaging also needs the film, tape, cartons and corrugated that run on it. Offering both from one supplier gives procurement a reason to join the first conversation.
Start close to home in Massachusetts
Gold Medal Bakery and Ken's Foods both sit in Massachusetts, a short drive from Accutech Packaging. A line walk at the plant is an easy first meeting to ask for.
Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.
If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.
Prepared by Matthew, matthew@enquirerconsulting.com.