Barnegat, NJ

Champion Container Corp. stakes its reputation on three words: compassion, honesty and integrity. The company strives to demonstrate all three qualities in dealing with customers, employees and anyone else it touches in the course of its business.
>>>Founded in 1968, Champion Container is a general-line container distributor with a diverse customer base in the chemical, paint, cosmetic, food, agricultural, pharmaceutical and flavors and fragrance industries. Champion’s products include drums, pails and bulk containers.
>>>Patricia Heller-Jackson took over leadership of the company in 1991 after her husband, Jerry, the company’s founder, died of cancer. Heller- Jackson, who was diagnosed with cancer shortly after assuming her post, brought her son, Tom, into the company. Heller-Jackson won her battle with the disease.
>>>Thanks to the support of employees, the company kept running and preserved the reputation its founder had earned.
>>>Jerry Heller started the company as a one-man show, doing all the buying, selling and administrative work. His decisions early on helped make the company what it is today. For instance, he put salespeople on salary to take the pressure off sales calls and adhered to a five-day work week with no overtime.