Custom Food Packaging
Your custom food packaging begins with our in-house design and manufacturing team and ends with shelf-ready, eye-catching displays for your food products.
Whether your focus is creating a more sustainable package, highlighting the features of your unique food product, or making a truly one-of-a-kind customer experience, our team of engineers is ready. We design, create custom tooling, and manufacture at one of our facilities here in the US to get you the best products in an expedited timeframe.
Custom Food Solutions
Design Innovation
Our Placon team is always excited to push the boundaries of plastic food packaging. We’ve won a variety of awards and accolades for our custom food packaging; if you want to partner with us for the next one, reach out to our custom sales team to get started on the process.
From Concept to Commercialization
A Turnkey Process Under One Roof
Our design process starts with you – and your product. Our custom sales team will work with you to create an outline, scope, and scale of your ideas. Then, we’ll bring in our team of engineers and designers who will help virtually render and create your product. We’ll help you edit and finalize before moving to tool creation. You’ll get sample prototypes that you can test and ensure it’s exactly what you envisioned before we move to full production and quality control. Take a look at this video to meet some of our team that will be involved in your custom food packaging design process.
Discovery & Collaboration
We start by understanding your product, performance requirements, production needs, sustainability goals, and vision for the package.
Design & Engineering
Our team develops a custom packaging solution that balances product protection, manufacturing efficiency, material use, and shelf appeal.
Prototyping & Testing
Prototypes allow you to evaluate fit, function, and appearance before production. This helps identify and implement improvements early in the process.
In-House Tooling
Design and tooling teams work together to maintain precision, respond quickly, and keep your project moving forward.
Material Extrusion
In-house sheet extrusion provides greater control over material quality and consistency, and gives you the option to use traditional material or recycled PET available through EcoStar®.
Manufacturing & Quality
Our thermoforming and injection molding capabilities support a wide range of packaging needs. Quality checks throughout production help ensure consistent performance.
Scalable Production
From launch through high-volume production, Placon offers the capabilities and capacity to grow with your needs.From launch through high-volume production, Placon offers the capabilities and capacity to grow with your needs.
One partner, one connected process.
Vertical integration built to deliver Simply Better Packaging.
Food Packaging Awards
SimplKomb
The SimplKomb is a revolutionary food and retail packaging solution. The innovative honeycomb shape and design allows bees to produce honey directly in the container, reducing the need for new packaging for retail shelves, limiting labor costs, and mitigating valuable product loss from transfer. This product is unlike anything on the shelves, and is a prime example of our ingenuity and creativity when faced with a packaging problem.
2025 AmeriStar Award for Design Excellence
Farmer’s Fridge
This specialized sandwich and wrap container was specially designed for use in refrigerated vending machines. The new design helped reduce jams by over 50%, helping to improve customer satisfaction and experience. The packaging is also made with 100% post-consumer recycled PET, helping Farmer’s Fridge™ reach their sustainability goals.
2024 AmeriStar Award for Design Excellence
Custom Food Solutions
Quality and Performance
We’re ISO 90001-certified to support consistent quality from prototype through production. We have documented process controls and testing so you feel confident in the end result, no matter what run or lot you receive.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the benefits of custom food packaging?
If you have a unique product that requires extra room, multiple cavities, specialized reheating capabilities, or something that requires specific dimensions for food automation or retail space like vending machines, you may want to investigate custom food packaging. You’ll be able to create something that works every time, all the time.
How long does the custom food package process take?
That depends on a few factors, but we typically see a design window of 6-9 months depending on tooling, design, number of changes, and feedback cadence. Our tooling and design is done in-house, so we can cut down on processing time and make small changes quickly, unlike other facilities that must ship tools internationally for edits.
How do I choose a material for my custom food packaging?
We have engineers who can help you decide what material will work best for your product, from freezers to microwaves and more. Our materials experts can help create detailed descriptions of the pros or limitations of a specific type of material so you can make an informed decision.