WS Packaging names Charlie Eitel as new CEO

Eitel joins WS Packaging in an operating role after having served on the company’s board of directors since May 2014.

WS Packaging chairman Art Byrne said: ‘We are very pleased to have Charlie in place for the next phase of the company’s growth.

‘Charlie is an accomplished executive with a long track record of growing manufacturing businesses through a core focus on the customer. His experience will be highly complementary to WS Packaging’s industry-leading innovations, strategic capital investments, and lean-centered principles that work to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to our customers.’

Eitel replaces Fred Tinsey, who was appointed as CEO a year ago and has now left the company to pursue other opportunities. ‘We thank Fred Tinsey for his service to the company and wish him well in his future endeavors,’ Byrne added.

‘I very much look forward to getting to know our customers on a personal level and all of our associates throughout our network,’ Eitel said.