Packaging suppliers in Seattle
Providers serving Seattle, United States. An independent listing for packers, growers and traders.
A Seattle supplier of insulated packaging for temperature-sensitive shipments since 1990, including insulating box liners, pallet covers, gel ice packs, and cargo/ice blankets.
Manufacturer of custom corrugated packaging, including custom cartons, heavy-duty boxes, and food and beverage shipping containers, operating out of Long Beach.
Ag Box Company supplies produce cartons, bins, pallets, wooden liners, and clamshells to growers and shippers from its Fresno, California location, one of three it operates on California's Central Coast and Central Valley.
Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.
Houston packaging supplier of corrugated boxes, die-cut cartons, and shipping/labeling supplies with no minimum pickup, operating in the Houston area for over 45 years.
A North Charleston packaging company producing custom wood crates, pallets, and skids, with export packaging and container loading services for overseas shipments.
An Oakland pallet supplier, distributor, and recycler operating since 2017, providing new and used wood pallets on a wholesale basis.
Corrugated box manufacturer operating a 200,000-square-foot plant in Newark since 1919, producing custom corrugated boxes, die cuts and displays for the NY/NJ metro food and beverage trade.
Family-owned corrugated box manufacturer operating since 1941, producing custom RSC cartons, die-cut boxes, partitions and pads for food and industrial customers across Southern California.
Vietnamese packaging manufacturer producing corrugated carton boxes in 3, 5, and 7-ply, including wax-coated corrugated cartons designed for fresh fruit and vegetable packaging and export.
Supplies corrugated cartons, egg cartons, molded fiber packaging, and film/bag packaging to food and produce customers from its Ontario, California facility; sister companies in the same group provide warehousing and 3PL transportation.
CTP Boxes & Packaging is a Miami-based custom printing and packaging company producing folding carton, litho-laminated, and corrugated specialty boxes.
Fruit Packers Supply has provided corrugated boxes and post-harvest packaging to apple, cherry, and pear packers in Washington's fruit belt since 1960, operating from its Yakima, WA facility.
Givens operates a packing and crating facility in Savannah, Georgia, providing custom export packaging, on-site labeling, and repacking services for cargo moving through the port.
Highland Packaging Solutions manufactures clamshell containers and applies custom labels for berries, tomatoes, table grapes, and other fresh produce lines from its Plant City, FL manufacturing plant.
Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.
Manufactures clamshell and tray packaging for fresh produce, berries, and baked goods with over 200 packaging configurations, headquartered and manufacturing in Shelton, Connecticut.
Wood pallet supplier and recycler serving Long Beach and LA County, offering new, used, and Grade A-C pallets with repair and delivery services from its Long Beach yard.
Miami folding-carton manufacturer producing custom cartons, rigid/set-up boxes, and POP displays with in-house die-cutting, embossing, and lamination finishing.
Full-service pallet and wood crate manufacturing facility serving the Gulf Coast industrial region from Pasadena, Texas, part of the national Millwood pallet and packaging network that separately offers ISPM-15 heat treatment.
Munot Plastics manufactures hinged plastic clamshell containers for berries, salads, and other fresh produce from its Erie, Pennsylvania facility, in PET, PVC, and polypropylene materials.
Pacific AgPak manufactures clamshells, tray liners, poly bags, and custom labels for strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, mushrooms, and other fresh produce from its Watsonville, CA facility.
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is a publicly traded (NYSE: PKG) manufacturer of corrugated packaging and containerboard, operating full-line box plants in produce-growing regions including California's Central Valley (Kingsburg), central Florida (Winter Haven) and Idaho (Nampa), with a dedicated produce packaging line.
PalletOne is a Bartow, Florida-headquartered new wood pallet manufacturer operating as a UFP Packaging company (a subsidiary of UFP Industries, which acquired it in December 2020), producing wooden pallets, harvest bins and crates used across the U.S. agricultural supply chain.
Printpack is an Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered flexible and specialty rigid packaging manufacturer with a dedicated fresh produce packaging line offering modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film, rollstock, lidstock, pre-made bags and bag liners for fruit and vegetable applications.
Sambrailo Packaging, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Watsonville, California, manufactures produce clamshells, corrugated cartons, and trays for the fresh produce industry, including a 100% post-consumer-recycled clamshell line.
Thailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
Family-owned since 1889, manufactures corrugated, wood, and modified-atmosphere-packaging (MAP) solutions used throughout the Pacific Northwest fruit, vegetable, and seafood markets, headquartered in Kent, Washington near the Port of Seattle/Tacoma.
Signode Industrial Group is a Tampa, Florida-headquartered manufacturer of strapping systems, stretch wrapping equipment and protective packaging, with a dedicated fresh produce packaging line offering PP and PET strapping and wrapping solutions for produce growers and packers.
Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.
SupplyOne operates a branch facility in Newark, NJ supplying custom corrugated cartons, folding cartons, labels, tape and strapping to food, beverage, distribution and manufacturing customers across Northern New Jersey and the NYC metro area.
Thomas Group Printing is a fourth-generation, family-owned commercial printer in Manhattan that manufactures custom corrugated boxes and cartons with embossing, die-cutting and foil-stamp finishing, delivering across NYC's five boroughs.
Tosca Services is a reusable plastic container (RPC) and pooling provider for produce, protein, egg and dairy supply chains, operating a U.S. network of service and wash centers including facilities in Newnan, Georgia and Riverside, California.
India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.
Vista Color Corp is a family-owned manufacturer of paperboard folding cartons and flexible packaging, including blister cards and clamshell inserts, for food and consumer-goods brands.
Full-service corrugated box manufacturer operating for over 55 years from Perrysburg, Ohio, producing slotted boxes, folders, die-cut boxes, interior forms, and trays for the Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana tri-state industrial market.
Third-generation, family-owned corrugated box manufacturer headquartered at 601 N Hague Ave, Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1966, operating a 100,000 square foot facility producing custom corrugated boxes and flexible packaging for central Ohio industrial customers.
Distributor of corrugated produce cartons, including waxed, dry, and strawberry cartons, plus wooden crates, based in Santa Maria, California and serving Central Coast growers and packing sheds.
Custom packaging manufacturer operating a 90,000 square foot plant in Hartford, Connecticut, building corrugated, wood, and plastic box and pallet systems for aerospace and industrial manufacturing customers, tracing its origins to the 1920s Champlin family business.
Custom corrugated packaging manufacturer based in Kansas City, Missouri, with over 45 years of experience serving industrial and commercial shipping-carton customers.
Wholesale packaging supply distributor based in San Antonio, Texas, providing boxes, strapping and other shipping supplies to Central Texas businesses.
Corrugated packaging manufacturer supplying cartons, sheets and trays for citrus, tomatoes and other fresh produce, with a carton production plant in Ontario, California serving Southern growers and packers.
Corrugated box manufacturer operated by Green Bay Packaging with plants in Traverse City and Grand Rapids, Michigan, producing custom shipping cartons and display packaging for regional food and agriculture customers.
Corrugated box and packaging distribution center in San Antonio, Texas, part of Green Bay Packaging's national network supplying custom corrugated cartons to South Texas customers.
Produce packaging supplier established in 1979 serving Rio Grande Valley growers, packers and retailers with cartons, clamshells, wicketed bags and bins.
Distributor of custom corrugated and solid fiber boxes for produce and dry food packaging, based in Stockton, California and serving packing sheds throughout the San Joaquin Valley since 1924.
Paperboard packaging manufacturer founded in 1881 and headquartered at 1801 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, New York, producing custom folding cartons for consumer product manufacturers and stock packaging for the retail confectionery industry.
Produce container manufacturer since 1925 supplying wire-bound crates, corrugated masters, wet-service cartons, orchard bins and pallets, with a facility in Lakeland, Florida serving western Florida produce growers.
Strapping technology manufacturer headquartered in Waldbrunn, Odenwald, building strapping machines and strapping bands at plants in Germany, Spain, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico and the United States for corrugated, food and beverage shipments.
Family-owned packaging supplier founded in 1982, operating two manufacturing facilities totaling 170,000 square feet in Buffalo, New York, producing corrugated boxes, crates and pallets, foam cushioning, and strapping and film supplies for the Northeast United States.
Pallet manufacturing and recycling operation in Garden City, Kansas running computer monitored pallet sort, repair, assembly and dismantling lines serving the Southwest Kansas meatpacking and agricultural corridor.
Third-generation family-owned corrugated box supplier and packaging materials distributor based in the West Bottoms district of Kansas City, Missouri, providing stock and custom corrugated shipping boxes, stretch wrap, and packaging supplies since 1959.
Supplier of new, recycled, and combo wooden pallets plus pallet repair, sorting, and heat-treating services, headquartered in Modesto, California and serving shippers across the Central Valley and Northern California.
Distributor of produce packaging supplies including corrugated and plastic cartons, clamshells, liners, bags, and labels, operating regional distribution centers in Salinas, Yuma, Santa Maria, and Oxnard for growers and packing sheds.
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Common questions
Can a packaging supplier in Seattle handle a custom specification, or only standard stock items?
Most providers listed for Seattle can work from a custom specification, but the practical limit is usually minimum order quantity rather than capability itself. Custom tooling, printing, or material combinations often carry a higher minimum run than stock packaging, so it is worth asking upfront what quantity a custom job requires before assuming it matches a standard order. Confirm lead time separately too, since custom specifications typically take longer to set up than items already in production.
Do providers in Seattle typically deliver directly to a packing site, or does the buyer need to arrange collection?
This varies by provider and is worth confirming rather than assuming either way. Some quote delivery to your site as standard, others expect collection from their own premises or hand off to a separate carrier at an agreed point. Ask specifically where responsibility for the goods transfers, since that determines who arranges insurance and who deals with any damage or shortage in transit. Getting this settled before the order is placed avoids disputes once goods are moving.
Can a packaging supplier in Seattle supply for both export and domestic sale within the United States, or are these separate lines?
Many providers handle both, since the underlying production process is often the same regardless of the final market. What changes between export and domestic orders is usually labelling, documentation, and sometimes packaging durability for a longer transit. Rather than assuming a provider's usual output suits either market by default, ask directly whether they have supplied for export before and what, if anything, they adjust for it.
Why does a provider without a badge marking it as based in Seattle still appear on this list?
Listings on this page are matched by where a provider actually operates, not only by registered address. Some providers cover Seattle from a nearby base, run scheduled routes through it, or serve it as part of a wider territory in the United States. The absence of a city badge simply means their presence there is regional rather than a dedicated local office, so they remain a genuine option worth contacting for work in Seattle.
How does this Seattle page relate to the country page for the United States above it?
The country page for the United States gathers every provider working anywhere within it, across every category, while this page narrows that same pool down to Seattle specifically. Think of it as a filtered view rather than a separate dataset. If a search here comes up thin, the country page is the right next stop, since it will surface providers whose coverage reaches Seattle without being centred on it.
What should I do if the provider I need is not listed in Seattle yet?
Start with the country page for the United States, since a provider covering Seattle without a dedicated local presence may be listed there rather than here. If nothing suitable turns up, check neighbouring city pages, as providers often serve overlapping areas. You are also welcome to point us to a provider you know operates in Seattle so it can be reviewed and added for others searching the same route.
How does a provider get listed for Seattle?
Providers are added after their operations in or around Seattle are checked against publicly available information, such as their own website, registration details, or other verifiable records confirming the work they do in the United States. This keeps the list something buyers can rely on rather than a self-reported directory. A provider already known to serve Seattle that is missing here can be flagged for review and added once that basis is confirmed.
What a packaging supplier based in Seattle can actually offer
A provider that keeps people and equipment in Seattle can visit a site the same day a query comes in, hold sample materials nearby for a quick look, and send someone round when a batch needs checking before it ships. A provider covering Seattle from elsewhere in the United States can usually match the same specification and the same price, but the visit becomes a trip that has to be planned rather than a call that gets answered within the hour. That difference in immediacy is often the whole reason a buyer prefers one arrangement over the other in the early stages of a relationship, well before either side has built up any track record with the other, and it is worth naming explicitly rather than assumed.
The gap matters most at the start of a relationship, when trust has not yet been built and a face-to-face look at packaging stock or a production run answers questions that photographs and phone calls simply cannot. It also matters when something goes wrong: a mislabelled carton or a damaged pallet is far easier to resolve with someone standing in front of it than with someone describing it down a phone line from another city entirely. A local presence turns a dispute into a conversation that gets settled in an afternoon, rather than an exchange of messages that drags on for days while nobody involved has actually seen the problem for themselves.
Once a relationship is established and both sides know what to expect from each other, the difference narrows considerably and often stops mattering in practice. Repeat orders running to a known specification do not need a local presence to go smoothly, and a distant provider with a reliable dispatch process can serve Seattle for years without the buyer ever noticing where the staff are actually based day to day. The question worth asking, then, is not whether a provider is local, but whether the stage the relationship is currently at still needs it to be, and that answer changes as trust between the two sides accumulates over time and as more orders pass without incident.
Working out the export routing from Seattle
Without a fixed port on record for Seattle, the routing for a given consignment is worth establishing case by case rather than assumed from the outset. The right gateway depends on the destination, the volume being moved, and how the cargo is packed, and it is not unusual for the same origin to route through more than one gateway depending on the job. Sea freight is one option to check, but air is worth ruling in or out early too, particularly for smaller or time-sensitive loads where the inland leg to a seaport would erase any cost advantage. Rather than guessing at a single default routing, treat each shipment as its own question and confirm the answer before packing specifications are finalised, since packaging built for one mode does not always hold up under another. It is worth revisiting the question for repeat orders too, since a change in volume or destination can shift which gateway makes sense even when nothing else about the consignment has changed.
The packaging supplier is a useful source on this, because they will usually have handled consignments moving in more than one direction from the same location. Ask which gateways they have actually used for previous jobs, whether they can arrange the onward transport themselves or only hand goods over at their own gate, and how far their responsibility extends beyond that point. It is also worth asking how they adjust packing specifications for the mode eventually chosen, since a crate built for a long sea leg is not the same as one built for air. Getting these answers before committing to a packing run avoids finding out partway through that the routing assumed at the outset will not actually work for the volume or timeline involved. Where a provider has not handled a particular routing before, it is better to hear that upfront than to assume competence across every mode and destination.
Working with one local provider among several
When only one provider on the list names this city as a place they operate, and the rest cover it from elsewhere in the United States, the first thing to establish is what that one provider's local presence actually means in practice: a production site, a warehouse, or simply a registered address. That distinction affects what they can genuinely do faster than a provider working in from further away. A provider based elsewhere in the United States is often a perfectly equivalent choice once its own delivery and lead time to this city are confirmed directly, rather than assumed from the map. Distance on its own is not a reliable signal of service quality, so the equivalence question is really about whether either provider can commit to a timeline that works for the job in hand. Treat the single local listing as a starting point for questions rather than a verdict on which option is better before either has actually answered them.
Either way, the useful questions are the same. Ask the local provider what having a presence here changes in real terms, whether that is shorter lead times, easier site visits, or neither. Ask a provider covering the city from elsewhere exactly how they deliver into it: their own transport, a courier, or a standing arrangement with a local partner, and how consistent that arrangement has been. This reflects what has been catalogued for this city so far rather than a judgement on how well served it is, and a provider new to Fernable's listings may well operate here too without yet appearing on it. Confirming delivery terms directly settles the comparison faster than relying on where a provider happens to be based, and it is a short conversation either provider should be able to have without hesitation.
Confirming a provider genuinely works where it claims to
Before committing volume to a new provider, it is worth confirming that the work will actually happen where the provider says it will, rather than being subcontracted on to a third party the buyer never sees or hears about directly. Asking outright whether the job is handled in-house or passed along elsewhere is a fair question to put early on, and a provider with nothing to hide will answer it without hesitation or evasion of any real kind at all.
A short visit, or a request to see the premises where the work is actually carried out, settles the point far more reliably than any amount of written correspondence ever could on its own. Where a visit is not practical given distance or time, asking for recent examples of similar jobs completed for other buyers, and following up directly on one or two of them, achieves much the same useful result without the cost of travel. Providers that are reluctant to offer either option should be treated with rather more caution than providers that are happy to arrange one, since a genuine operation rarely has a reason to keep either at arm's length.
This kind of verification matters most before the first order, when a buyer has no direct experience of the provider to draw on yet at all. Once a track record actually exists, the same checks become quicker to run because there is a real history to point back to, rather than a fresh claim to test entirely from scratch each and every time volume is renewed. A provider that has passed the check once is still worth spot-checking again occasionally, particularly if the scale or nature of the work has changed since the relationship began, since a location or arrangement that suited a small order does not always suit a much larger one.
How service providers are distributed across the United States
Scale is the defining fact of trade-services geography in the United States, and it means comparisons between cities have to account for genuinely different regional systems rather than one national pattern. Coastal gateway cities on the east, west, and Gulf coasts each anchor their own cluster of forwarders, warehousing, and customs expertise oriented toward the ocean and air trade passing through them, while a separate set of inland hubs has grown up around rail and trucking networks that move goods across the interior. A provider in Seattle is typically embedded in one of these regional systems, and that system, more than the city itself, shapes what kind of work it is set up to do well.
Because the country is so large, reach is inherently more limited relative to overall distance than in a smaller market: a provider serving a metropolitan area efficiently may still be several days' transit from a coast on the other side of the country. This makes the choice of gateway, and the corridor connecting a given city to it, a bigger factor in comparing locations than it would be elsewhere. Two cities of similar size can differ substantially depending on which coast, border, or rail corridor they are oriented toward.
For someone comparing two American cities, it is worth asking which gateway a provider's business is actually built around, since a location's position on a map understates how specialised its trade infrastructure can be. A city with strong rail and trucking links inland may be extremely well served for domestic distribution while having comparatively thinner direct expertise in ocean freight, and the reverse holds for many port cities. Matching the corridor to the trade lane matters more than matching the city to a rough sense of the country's size.
City snapshot
Seattle's listed providers cover Liners and pads.