Pack Studios

Pack Studios

Packaging design, development, and testing

Pack Studios accelerates packaging innovation—enabling brands to quickly bring-to-market sustainable solutions for a dynamic and demanding world. We engage a connected network of best-in-class packaging expertise from every aspect of the packaging value chain and are backed by global facilities tailored to design, test and develop packaging. 

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The ingenuity in circularity

Through collaboration, we’re accelerating the future of packaging. Find out how brands, such as Nestle Purina, are leveraging Pack Studios to design innovative packaging solutions.

The connected platform you need to bring packaging innovation to market, faster

Accessible from anywhere—Pack Studios is the powerful combination of state-of-the-art facilities offering equipment, labs and testing capabilities paired with an incomparable network of packaging experts. We offer a collaborative and supportive environment to address your packaging challenges. Our facilities are uniquely designed for efficient innovation.

Pack Studios locations around the world offer pilot-scale production capabilities—from 9-layer blown film lines to vertical form fill seal packaging lines and more. We understand the need for speed when it comes to delivering sustainable packaging. Our technology enables us to quickly develop and test concepts, preparing them for use, so you can keep your commercial lines running. 

Pack Studios Locations

Ringwood, United States

Located in proximity to Chicago, Pack Studios Ringwood specializes in packaging lamination trials, including an industry-scale Nordmeccanica Super Combi 3000. 

Freeport, United States 

Pack Studios Freeport is one of our largest locations, featuring a robust assortment of state-of-the-art fabrication lines, commercial-scale packaging lines, and diverse testing equipment. 

Jundiai, Brazil

Pack Studios Judiai is located close to São Paulo and serves the Brazilian industry with broad fabrication, converting, testing capabilities and academies. 

Tarragona, Spain

Situated in Northeast Spain, Pack Studios Tarragona is our newest center and focuses on food and industrial packaging. 

Mozzate, Italy

Situated in Northern Italy near Milan, Pack Studios Mozzate offers equipment, testing capabilities and packaging lines, including an industry-scale Duplex SL™ OneShot laminator from Nordmeccanica. 

Mumbai, India

Pack Studios Mumbai addresses the needs of the local market. Combined with a rapidly growing population and economy, India is an ideal location to advance packaging technologies to meet emerging market needs.  

Singapore

Pack Studios Singapore reinforces our commitment to the region, and is strategically positioned for the packaging value chain in Southeast Asia. 

Shanghai, China

Pack Studios Shanghai is aimed at offering customers capabilities to accelerate the development of packaging innovations in China. 

Wiesbaden, Germany

Pack Studios Wiesbaden is a cutting-edge innovation hub where creativity meets sustainable packaging solutions.

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Person holding recyclable pouch of pet food

Pet Food

Nestlé Purina was able to design their pet food packaging to be technically recyclable. 

Bear Naked granola pouch being recycled in a store drop-off container

Granola

Bear Naked Granola is one step closer to their sustainability goals with a pouch designed for recyclability. 

Liby recyclable laundry pod packaging

Laundry Pods

Liby’s packaging for laundry pods is now a recyclable all-PE structure using INNATE™ TF-BOPE.

Collation shrink made with recycled plastics

Collation Shrink

Lucro leveraged Pack Studios to develop packaging, such as collation shrink, made with recycled plastics.

Dishwasher detergent being placed into dishwasher

Dishwasher Detergent

Dow, RB, and Drukpol.Flexo collaborated on the development of recyclable packaging for FINISH. 

Recyclable bags of rice

Rice Bag

Prepack transformed Royal Umbrella’s rice packaging into a recyclable structure that uses less material.  

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Introducing Pack Studios Live

Connecting you virtually to our Pack Studios capabilities in real-time.

Materials Science experts in sustainable packaging

We know packaging can contribute to a safe world and vibrant circular economy. For more than 10 years, our team has helped brands improve the sustainability of their packaging, and now more than ever we are committed to creating solutions that better protect our planet. Our scientists ensure the industry can make material choices based on lifecycle data and meet aggressive sustainability targets.  

Person recycling flexible packaging in store drop-off container

Sustainable packaging starts with design

Design packaging to be compatible with existing recycling infrastructure in the region. From removing metal layers to redesigning mixed material closures, Pack Studios can help quickly bring-to-market packaging design to be recycled.

From snack food pouches to coffee packaging and even toothpaste tubes, we’ve helped brands transition to mono-material structures ready for recycling. 

Water bottles with collation shrink packaging made with recycled plastic resins

New life for used plastics

Whether you are looking to incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) material into your existing packaging or want to test new applications for hard-to-recycle packaging, Pack Studios can help make it happen.

In addition to our expertise using PCR plastic resins, we also offer recycling machinery at some of our Pack Studios locations.

Packaging that has been downgauged

Do more with less

We offer an exceptional portfolio of high-performance polymers and utilize our materials expertise to help downgauge packaging so you can use less material, helping reduce costs and lower carbon footprint.

Want to know how thin and lightweight your film can be, while maintaining performance properties? Find out at Pack Studios. 

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Transforming the foundation

Looking to incorporate materials made with renewable feedstocks? We’ve got you covered. Pack Studios is ready to support a circular future.

Our team has experience working with plastic resins made from bio- or plant-based feedstocks, as well as feedstock derived from advanced recycling. 

Future of packaging built on an innovative history

Pack Studios is built on Dow’s 125 years of experience delivering ground-breaking products and technologies. Every day, we imagine better for our people and our planet. For more than 10 years, Pack Studios has been helping deliver better packaging, and we are excited about accelerating the future of packaging.

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