Bring Us Your Packaging Challenges at PACK EXPO International 2026
October 18 – 21, 2026
Bring Us Your Packaging Challenges at PACK EXPO International 2026
Graphic Packaging International will be at PACK EXPO International in Chicago from October 18–21, booth S-3454, ready to talk with customers about the packaging challenges shaping their businesses today and tomorrow.
Use voucher code 62C17 to unlock your free ticket to Pack Expo.
This year our focus is about creating space for meaningful conversations. Packaging decisions are becoming more complex, with brands balancing cost pressures, sustainability goals, regulatory requirements, operational performance and consumer expectations. At PACK EXPO, our team will be on hand to help visitors explore practical ways to solve those challenges through smarter paperboard packaging design, material strategy, automation and print expertise.
See Us at PACK EXPO
October 18 – October 21, 2026
South Hall S-3454
Chicago, Illinois
Let’s talk about what’s keeping you up at night
For many brands, the packaging brief has changed. It is no longer enough for packaging to protect and present a product. It must also support evolving regulations, reduce material impact, improve supply chain efficiency, perform on increasingly automated lines and stand out in crowded retail environments. These priorities can sometimes feel competing, but they do not have to be considered in isolation.
At our booth, visitors can speak with our packaging experts about the questions behind their next project.
Navigating EPR and regulatory pressure
Extended Producer Responsibility regulations are creating new considerations for brands, particularly around reporting, material selection, recyclability and potential fee structures. For companies selling into multiple markets, the challenge is often knowing where to start and which packaging decisions can make the biggest difference over time.
Our team can help customers think through packaging choices at a practical level, from reducing unnecessary material to improving recyclability and simplifying packaging formats where possible. The goal is to support packaging strategies that are not only compliant, but commercially realistic and designed with future requirements in mind.
Designing smarter to reduce cost and complexity
Cost reduction does not always begin with removing value. In many cases, meaningful savings can come from rethinking structure, right-sizing materials, improving pack efficiency or designing packaging that works harder throughout the supply chain.
At PACK EXPO, we will be ready to discuss how thoughtful structural and material design can help customers reduce waste, optimize logistics, improve palletization, streamline production and make better use of every packaging component.
EnviroClip™ Beam
KeelClip™
Improving efficiency through automation
Automation continues to play a critical role as manufacturers look for packaging formats and systems that support reliable throughput, faster changeovers, reduced manual handling and improved consistency. For brands managing SKU growth, labor pressures or changing materials, the right packaging and machinery approach can help protect operational agility.
Visitors can meet with our team to discuss how packaging design and automation can work together to improve line performance, reduce disruption and support long-term manufacturing goals.
QuikFlex™ 2100G4
QuikFlex™ 40
Exploring plastic replacement for challenging applications
For brands looking to reduce plastic, the easiest changes may already have been made. The next step often involves more demanding applications, where packaging still needs to deliver strength, protection, moisture resistance, visibility, convenience or on-shelf appeal.
Our experts can help customers explore paperboard alternatives and how our Better by Design approach can support performance in applications where plastic has traditionally been used.
Boardio™ paperboard canister
CleanClose™ detergent capsule packaging
Using print enhancements to build shelf impact
In-store competition remains intense, and packaging is often one of the most powerful tools a brand has to attract attention at the point of purchase. Print enhancements can help improve shelf presence, communicate quality, elevate seasonal or promotional campaigns and create a more memorable consumer experience.
At PACK EXPO, visitors can discuss how print, finishing and design choices can be used strategically to support brand storytelling, shopper engagement and sales growth.
Metallic Effects and Designs
Metallic finishing effects on fiber-based packaging create a sense of luxury and elevate the brand image to a premium level.
Serialization and Track and Trace Packaging
Meet regulations while protecting patients from counterfeit medications with pharmaceutical serialization and track & trace technology for packaging.
Child-Resistant Packaging
Often used for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other non-food consumer products, child-resistant packaging can protect children and vulnerable consumers from harm while still being intuitive and easy for those not at risk to open.
Holographic Effects and Designs
Holographic effects create reflective accents on selected areas of your packaging to enhance the overall visual impact, creating a 3D effect on a flat surface.
Meet us in Chicago
Whether you are rethinking materials, preparing for regulatory change, improving production efficiency or looking for packaging that performs harder on shelf, we would welcome the chance to talk. Visit Graphic Packaging International at PACK EXPO International in Chicago from October 18–21 and bring us your packaging challenge.
Use voucher code 36X34 to unlock your free ticket to Pack Expo 2026.
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