Southeastern Container Inc

According to Southeastern Container's CEO Doug Wehrkamp, what started as an internal discussion on how SEC could assist our Coca-Cola Bottlers with hand sanitizer bottles for their internal needs, led to talking with the team at Dogwood Health about how we could help.

Our Enka, NC based packaging engineers were able to utilize an old set of production molds and fit them in our lab blow molding machine to produce a 22oz bottle. The engineering team (pictured) worked much of the weekend preparing the machine for production. We hope to ship 30,000 containers by the middle of the week.

Rachel Joseph, our Director of Engineering leads the efforts and is now exploring options for a smaller 2oz container as we continue to receive inquiries from companies and non-profits up and down the east coast.

Says Doug, “We are glad to help and truly hope we can do our part to help combat this horrible virus as quickly as possible”.

 

SEC in Winchester, VA is pleased to announce their employee James Roberson has completed his Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship program. This is no easy feat! Southeastern Container participates in the Federal Apprenticeship programs, which are generally four-year programs with 8000 hours combined classroom and On-the-Job Training.

James has been with the Winchester Team for 6 years. James started his career with us as a blow molding machine operator and has become an integral member of the injection maintenance team. Congratulations on a job well done, James!

On September 12th, nine employees of Southeastern Container in Winchester, VA banded together with 1,000 other United Way of the Northern Shenandoah Valley volunteers to give back to the communities we call home and help kick off the 2019 Day of Caring. Over two days, a grand total of 56 area teams refurbished, repaired, and renewed more than 65 work sites in five communities. #gotyourback