Meet The Team Behind Rice Packaging
When you work with Rice Packaging, you gain access to a team that can support the project across sales, structural development, planning, customer service, quality and manufacturing.
That connected approach helps customers move from a packaging need or existing sample toward an accurate quote, approved structure and production plan.
Leadership Built Across Three Generations
Rice Packaging has been family-owned since William A. Rice founded the company in 1964. Clifford “Cliff” Rice led the second generation of the business after becoming president in 1985. Following Cliff’s retirement in December 2024, third-generation owner William “Bill” Rice became president and now leads the company forward.
Bill’s background spans engineering, product strategy, corporate development and business leadership. That experience supports Rice Packaging’s continued focus on manufacturing, customer needs and long-term growth.
Sales Led by Packaging and Operations Experience
Steve Buckley leads the Rice Packaging sales effort. He joined Rice Packaging in 2016 after earlier roles in operations management and packaging production management. That combination helps him connect a customer’s business need with the realities of the packaging and production process.
Steve’s approach reflects an important part of the Rice Packaging culture: respond quickly, understand what the customer needs and give clear answers about the next step.
How the Team Supports Your Project
Sales and Customer Service
Understand the project, respond quickly and keep the customer informed.
Engineering and Design
Review an existing package or help develop a new paperboard structure.
Operations Planning
Coordinate schedules, resources and production requirements.
Quality
Use documented checks, testing and approval procedures throughout production.
Manufacturing
Produce the work through printing, die cutting, finishing and related operations.
Experience You Can Put to Work
For more than 60 years, Rice Packaging has helped customers solve paperboard packaging problems. Today’s team carries that experience forward through responsive communication, practical expertise and dependable support.
Have a current package, a new product or a packaging challenge? Share what you have and we’ll help determine the next step.