Why WestRock?
Learn more about the innovation and capabilities behind our industry-leading paper, packaging, display and automation solutions.
Produce Packaging
The produce industry is under increasing pressure from consumers to reduce their use of plastics while facing production, labor and cost challenges. We carefully engineer our packaging for use with your specific produce type, whether for the field, the warehouse or the store shelf. With a wide range of corrugated footprints as well as paperboard punnets and trays, we can customize solutions for your individual needs.
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Our paper-based packaging solutions leverage our extensive material science, structural design and automation expertise to:
- Support the entire produce life cycle with a wide range of packaging options, from large, corrugated bulk bins and shippers to elevated, branded solutions such as trays and punnets.
- Protect your fruits and vegetables from the field to the shelf with solutions that can include moisture resistance technology.
- Provide paper-based replacements for plastic clamshells and RPCs, offering a fitting aesthetic for harvested produce and helping brands work toward corporate sustainability goals.
- Differentiate with our full suite of printing capabilities, including LithoLam, for high-quality, eye-catching premiumization.
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Fresh produce spends up to 50% of its shelf life in the shipping process.1
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Fruit packed in plastic crates reach contamination levels associated with spoilage 48 to 72 hours earlier than the fruit packed in corrugated trays.2
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1/3 of consumers believe produce packaging functionality should be balanced with its environmental impact.3
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47% of consumers are concerned about the environmental impact of fresh fruit and vegetable packaging.4
Produce Solutions that Grow with you From Farm to Market
Shippers & Containers
Shippers & Containers
Our paper-based, corrugated shippers and bulk bins can be shipped knocked-down for inbound trailer optimization and flattened and bundled at the retailer for recycling, helping to create efficiencies during transit. Their sanitary pulping process can also help minimize product spoilage, extending the life cycle of your fruits and vegetables.
Paperboard Produce Packaging
Paperboard Produce Packaging
Our paper-based packaging solutions, including baskets, carriers and punnets, have been thoughtfully designed for easy stacking, operational efficiencies and high-impact branding. By replacing plastic clamshells for popular produce such as snacking tomatoes, apples and mini cucumbers, our EverGrow® collection and other paper-based products help brands meet current consumer sustainability preferences.
Machinery & Automation
Machinery & Automation
Our automated solutions can help combat labor shortages and minimize food waste.
Protective Packaging
Protective Packaging
By using advanced papermaking techniques such as paper orientation, effective virgin and recycled paper blends and recyclable additives, we have developed WetTech®, a durable, water-resistant, paper-based packaging that’s wax-free, in order to protect your produce while maintaining recyclability.
Why WestRock?
Learn more about the innovation and capabilities behind our industry-leading paper, packaging, display and automation solutions.
1 Logistics Bureau, 7 Things that Matter Most to Fresh Supply Chain Leaders, Oct. 24, 2016
2 Supermarket News, New Research Shows Fruit Packed in Corrugated is Safer and Fresher than in RPCs, July 22, 2016
3 The Food Industry Association, The Power of Produce 2023: An In-Depth Look at Produce Through the Shoppers’ Eyes, Nov. 2022
4 The Food Industry Association, The Power of Produce 2023: An In-Depth Look at Produce Through the Shoppers’ Eyes, Nov. 2022
2 Supermarket News, New Research Shows Fruit Packed in Corrugated is Safer and Fresher than in RPCs, July 22, 2016
3 The Food Industry Association, The Power of Produce 2023: An In-Depth Look at Produce Through the Shoppers’ Eyes, Nov. 2022
4 The Food Industry Association, The Power of Produce 2023: An In-Depth Look at Produce Through the Shoppers’ Eyes, Nov. 2022