Packaging manufacturers sometimes need capabilities they don’t offer in-house. Premium finishing techniques like soft touch coating or embossing. Backup production capacity when equipment goes down. Specialized expertise in high-design applications that fall outside their core focus. When these needs arise, a proven packaging partner is essential.
At Pak-Pro, we collaborate with other packaging manufacturers as a true partner, providing the capabilities, capacity, or support they need while respecting the customer relationships they’ve built. These partnerships benefit both parties: they can offer expanded services to their customers, and we gain steady production volume doing what we do best.
Read more about how Pak-Pro approaches these relationships below, or connect with our team today to start a conversation about a future partnership.
What Makes a Good Packaging Partnership
Complementary Capabilities
The strongest packaging partnerships happen when we offer capabilities our partners don’t. This complementary expertise means we’re not competing directly but rather filling gaps in their service offering.
Mutual Benefit
Good partnerships work for both parties. Packaging partners can expand their service range and take on projects they’d otherwise have to decline. We gain consistent production volume and work that plays to our strengths.
Respect for Customer Relationships
We understand that you’ve built these customer relationships, and we’re here to support them — not to take them. Unlike broker relationships where direct communication with end customers often develops, packaging partnerships typically maintain clearer boundaries. We work with you, not around you.
How We Support Packaging Partners
End-to-End Production
We can handle complete projects from design through final production, including all finishing and quality control. When your customer needs capabilities you don’t offer, you can confidently outsource the entire project knowing it will meet your quality standards.
Value-Add Services
Some packaging partners supply us with already-produced cartons that need finishing we specialize in, such as adding soft touch coating, embossing, foil stamping, or other premium details. This lets you maintain the printing relationship while we add the specialized finishing your customer requires.
Backup Capacity
Equipment breaks down. Demand spikes. Production schedules get disrupted. We provide backup capacity to help packaging partners maintain their customer commitments when challenges arise. This might be short-term support during equipment repairs or ongoing supplemental capacity for overflow work.
Our Specialized Capabilities
High-Design Finishing
Our finishing capabilities are particularly valuable for packaging partners whose customers request premium presentation:
- Soft touch coatings creating luxurious tactile appeal
- Embossing and debossing adding dimensional detail
- Foil stamping for premium branding elements
- Dual in-line coatings combining matte and gloss or soft touch and high gloss
- Hand-applied details for specialty applications
Folding Carton Materials Expertise
We work with specialized substrates that solve specific problems: heat-resistant materials for food service applications, poly-coated boards we can fold and glue on both sides, metallic substrates for premium retail packaging.
Design Support
Our in-house design team can handle structural design, graphic design, and technical file preparation, which is useful when packaging partners need design support for projects outside their typical expertise.
Interested in a New Packaging Partner?
If you’re a packaging manufacturer looking for specialized finishing capabilities, backup production capacity, or a reliable partner for high-design applications, let’s discuss how we can support your business and your customer relationships.