Jeffrey Kellar joins Alpha Packaging as President and CEO

Alpha Packaging has announced that Jeffrey Kellar has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer, bringing more than 20 years of packaging industry experience to Alpha.

Gretchen Edelbrock
Apr 4th, 2012

Kellar was most recently President of Hexacomb, a Boise, Inc. company. Prior to joining Hexacomb, Kellar was President of Alcoa’s Flexible Packaging business and served in various management roles at Tetra Pak, including establishing bottle operations in North America.

“I am excited to join Alpha, a highly regarded and uniquely positioned company in the packaging industry,” said Kellar.  “The Company has an outstanding history of providing high-quality products and service.  I look forward to working with the Alpha team to continue providing our customers with superior packaging solutions.”

“We are enthusiastic to have Jeff join the Alpha team,” said Phil Yates, Chairman of Alpha.  “Jeff has a proven track record of driving growth with a focus on customer service that will help us realize our strategic initiatives.”

 

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