Premier Packaging Manufacturing Plant Tour – Thomson, Georgia

See how corrugated packaging is manufactured and how better packaging decisions can improve efficiency, reduce waste, and lower costs throughout the supply chain.

Join the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance for a behind-the-scenes tour of Premier Packaging's manufacturing facility in Thomson, Georgia. This tour offers manufacturing leaders an opportunity to explore corrugated packaging production and learn how packaging design, manufacturing processes, material handling, and continuous improvement contribute to better operational performance.

About Premier Packaging

Premier Packaging is a manufacturer, distributor, and designer of packaging solutions with more than 30 years of industry experience. The company specializes in corrugated packaging and provides custom packaging solutions, equipment, and supply chain services for manufacturers and other businesses.

Its Thomson, Georgia, facility is one of Premier's established corrugated packaging production operations. The company has specifically recognized its Thomson manufacturing team for contributing to improvements in production efficiency and performance.

Premier's broader corrugated product capabilities include custom shipping boxes, die-cut packaging, protective inserts, partitions, and other packaging designed to protect products while reducing material usage and shipping costs.

Three Key Highlights

1. Corrugated Packaging Manufacturing

Explore the production environment behind corrugated packaging used by manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

Learn how packaging requirements such as dimensions, strength, product protection, and customer specifications influence manufacturing operations.

2. Packaging Design, Quality & Material Efficiency

Discover how packaging design decisions affect far more than the finished box.

Premier develops packaging solutions around product protection, material selection, right-sizing, and transportation requirements. Learn how these considerations can reduce shipping damage, unnecessary packaging material, and freight costs.

3. Continuous Improvement & Production Performance

Premier has publicly recognized its Thomson manufacturing team for contributing to company-wide production improvements.

This tour offers an opportunity to explore the relationship between equipment utilization, material flow, employee involvement, and continuous improvement in a corrugated packaging operation.

Lean & Continuous Improvement Takeaways

• Production Flow: Examine how corrugated materials move through manufacturing, finished-product handling, and shipping.

• Standardized Work: Understand the importance of consistent production processes when meeting customer-specific packaging requirements.

• Quality & Waste Reduction: Explore how packaging dimensions, material selection, and quality requirements influence scrap and finished-product performance.

• Material Handling: Consider how inventory organization, production scheduling, and warehouse operations affect manufacturing efficiency.

• Continuous Improvement: Learn about opportunities to improve equipment utilization, throughput, and production consistency.

Who Should Attend

• Continuous Improvement / Lean Leaders

• Plant Managers and Manufacturing Executives

• Operations and Production Managers

• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineers

• Quality and Production Leaders

• Packaging Engineers and Packaging Professionals

• Supply Chain and Logistics Leaders

• Warehouse and Materials Management Professionals

This tour is especially valuable for manufacturing leaders interested in production efficiency, packaging engineering, material handling, quality, and reducing costs throughout the supply chain.

Tour Agenda

10:00 – 10:30 AM — Registration, Networking & GMA Welcome

10:30 – 11:00 AM — Premier Packaging Presentation & Safety Briefing

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM — Manufacturing Plant Tour

12:00 – 1:00 PM — Complimentary Lunch, Q&A & Networking

Lunch is included with registration.

TOUR REQUIREMENTS

Attendance is limited:

1 Ticket for non-manufacturing companies

2 Tickets for manufacturing companies

CLOSED-TOED/FLAT-BOTTOM SHOES ARE MANDATORY. No High Heels!

No photos are allowed.

Additional facility-specific safety requirements will be communicated before the event.