Company Facts
The 3 groups of people that our company works to make a difference for.
Who are our customers, our associates, and our community?
A common misnomer for corrugated packaging - this term is heavily frowned upon at Welch.
What is cardboard?
A part of our plants, this system removes scraps and debris from machine centers to remain clean and environmentally friendly.
What is the recycling system?
Current Chief Operating Officer, this associate has held numerous leadership positions over in the past 12 years.
Who is Brock Welch?
The phrase that represents the cornerstone of our company mission, often abbreviated to 'UCE'.
What is the Ultimate Corrugated Experience?
As of today, this is the total number of Welch business units.
What is 25?
A material made from corrugated and water during the recycling and paper-making process.
What is pulp?
A top priority, this system is owned by Plant Managers to protect and look out for all of our associates.
What is the safety system?
A Welch associate since 1992, this person sends inspirational emails from the Elkhart Design dept.
Who is Brian 'Wiz' Wisner?
A common sign-off by President and CEO, Scott Welch, this phrase encourages associates to succeed in a team-like fashion.
What is 'LET'S WIN!'?
The number of original employees who began working at Elkhart Container in 1985.
What is 4?
The Edge Crush test is used to determine this measurement of box strength.
What is compression strength?
This system sets guidelines for business units to be the best convertors in their respective markets.
What is the manufacturing system?
An associate who has been with Welch since 1995, this person is also the head coach of the Concord High School girls track team.
Who is Jerry Redmond?
A guiding principle, this phrase indicates an unpromising fate for those who venture outside of the core business.
What is Dabblers Die?
A common element in our email footers and logos, this image is currently in the trademarking process.
These two common coatings are used for food services, industrial, and perishables.
What are Michelman and Wax coatings?
This system is a process we follow to bring talent to the Welch team and outperform our competition.
What is the people system?
A associate that works on THIS machine, this person was the Graphics GM winner in 2023.
Who is Javier Osuerga?
A common Welch-ism to inspire active safety involvement, this phrase also means "if you see something, say something".
What is "Find it, fix it"?
With our own sheet feeders, Welch is considered a partially "this" corrugated supplier.
What is integrated?
These two opposite terms are used to describe the amount of water content on each side of a corrugator.
What are the wet end and dry end.
This system is an organized approach to customer selection and knowing where Welch fits in the market.
What is the sales system?
A brown box associate who has been with Welch for over 30 years, this person has an even longer tenure playing trumpet in the Jazz Assemblage.
Who is Rob Ball?
This guiding principle outlines the sequence of priorities in our sales strategy.
What is "Retain, grow, new"?