Employer of the Year
Welch Packaging of Elkhart, Indiana.
Thank you Welch Packaging for understanding the importance of giving individuals with disabilities a full life and career opportunities. That is why Corvilla is honored to give you the Employer of the Year Award 2021. Thank you to Scott Welch and his family, Emily, Brock, and Lindsay Welch for all that you do! You are impacting the lives of Cordyn, 3 years with Welch, and Matt, 8 years with Welch, in more ways than one. Congratulations!
You are impacting the lives of Cordyn, 3 years with Welch, and Matt, 8 years with Welch, in more ways than one. They enjoy their job and the independence that it gives them both at work and through their earnings to live a full life. In return, Cordyn and Matt have also become part of the Welch family of employees who work together each day and celebrate their accomplishments.
Welch Packaging was created April 15, 1985, as Elkhart Container Inc by M Scott Welch and silent partner Don Kindt. The business started with very basic box-making equipment in a 25,000 sq ft building at 530 Riverview Avenue. It has achieved this expansion from organic sales growth, acquisitions, and the continued development of its people. The company had 4 associates; Scott Welch, Roger Wartsler, Darlyn Smale, and Cliff Wilson. As of 2020, Welch Packaging operates 15 businesses in 6 states and serves over 1,200 associates.