Packaging Resources is led by Eric Faber, an advisor, author, and systems strategist whose work spans packaging manufacturing, materials, equipment, retail, foodservice, e-commerce, and capital environments.
Eric’s perspective is grounded in decades of hands-on experience working with packaging manufacturers, brands, retailers, contract packagers, and investors on decisions where design intent, manufacturing reality, operational performance, and economic outcomes intersect. His work frequently involves situations where packaging choices carry meaningful implications for scalability, compliance, margin durability, and risk.
In addition to advisory work, Eric is the author of multiple published and forthcoming books and articles focused on packaging as a system—examining how fragmented decision-making across design, materials, equipment, sourcing, and distribution leads to predictable failure modes. This writing is regularly referenced in executive, investor, and diligence discussions to establish shared context and accelerate complex conversations.
Through Packaging Resources and its broader advisory ecosystem, Eric works with organizations navigating manufacturing upgrades, packaging design and validation, retail and e-commerce performance challenges, equipment and line-design decisions, and investment or M&A considerations.
This combination of practical operating exposure and systems-level thinking informs both the firm’s advisory work and its published insights.
In addition to advisory and publishing work, Eric has been actively involved in the broader packaging community through leadership and participation in professional and trade organizations, including the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), American Beverage Association, American Chemistry Council, and packaging trade publications such as Packaging Digest and Packworld. These engagements support ongoing dialogue around standards, materials, manufacturing, and performance realities that inform Packaging Resources’ systems-based advisory perspective.
