Teal Packaging is a US-based packaging supplier offering secondary contract packaging and co-packing (kitting, assembly, multipacks, and retail-ready display sets) from its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center. Custom-printed packaging starts at $0.44 per unit at volume with a 50-unit minimum (100+ for specialty rigid), free dieline design, free US shipping, and a digital proof with 2 revision rounds; production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery. Teal does not fill food, liquid, or regulated products; it packs sealed finished goods for CPG brands, DTC ecommerce, cosmetics, and retail multipack programs.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Contract Packaging and Co-Packing Services from Teal Packaging: 50-unit standard MOQ (100+ units for specialty rigid boxes), 2-5 business day delivery in the US (express and economy options available), free design help included on every order, free generic sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first order). Standard production runs from about 7 business days after digital proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer.
Materials and certifications: FSC-certified paper stock, soy-based inks, kraft / corrugated / rigid paperboard / mylar / tin / vinyl substrates.
Contact Teal Packaging: Call (224) 546-8325, email info@tealpackaging.com, or request a free quote at tealpackaging.com/contact-us. We reply within one business day.
Updated July 30, 2026 · Teal Packaging operates a US facility in West Chicago, Illinois.
What Is Contract Packaging (Co-Packing)?
Contract packaging (co-packing) means a third party packs your finished product into retail-ready packaging at volume. Teal Packaging handles secondary packaging projects, kitting, assembly, multipacks, and display-ready sets, at its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center, and supplies the custom-printed packaging itself from $0.44 per unit with a 50-unit minimum. Teal does not fill food, liquids, or regulated products.
Is Contract Packaging the Same as Co-Packing?
Mostly, yes. Both terms mean outsourcing packaging work to a specialist instead of running it on your own floor. In practice, "co-packing" often implies primary packaging (filling a product into its container, common in food and beverage), while "contract packaging" usually means secondary packaging: placing sealed, finished goods into cartons, multipacks, kits, and display sets. Teal Packaging offers secondary contract packaging only.
| Type | What happens | Typical products | Does Teal do it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary packaging (filling) | Product is filled and sealed into its container: bottles, jars, pouches, tubes | Beverages, sauces, supplements, cleaners | No. Teal never fills or processes product. |
| Secondary packaging (contract packing) | Sealed finished units are packed into retail cartons, multipacks, kits, and display-ready sets | Cosmetics, electronics, apparel, CPG multipacks | Yes. Packed at West Chicago, Illinois. |
What Contract Packaging Services Does Teal Offer?
Teal's co-packing scope covers everything that happens after your product is a sealed, finished unit. Projects run from the West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment and warehousing center, and the packaging itself is printed by Teal, so one vendor owns both the box and the pack-out.
- Kitting and assembly: collating multiple SKUs or components into one finished kit, with inserts, tissue, or cards placed to spec.
- Retail-ready packing: packing sealed units into printed retail cartons and case packs prepared to the spec sheet you or your retailer provide.
- Multipacks and bundles: converting single units into 2-packs, 3-packs, or variety bundles for retail and ecommerce listings.
- Display-ready sets: assembling printed counter and shelf display units and loading them with product.
- Storage and onward shipping: warehousing packed goods, then shipping to your warehouse, your distributor, or individual recipients.
On the print side, Teal produces kraft paperboard (300-400gsm), white SBS (14-18pt), corrugated E/B-flute, and rigid chipboard (1.5-2.5mm) packaging, with FSC-certified and recyclable options by specification and soy and water-based inks.
What Teal Does Not Do (Read This Before You Ask for a Quote)
Co-packing searches often mean filling lines. Teal's scope is deliberately narrower, and it is better to know that up front.
- No filling. Teal does not fill food, beverages, liquids, powders, gels, or supplements into containers. If your product needs a filling line, you need a specialized filling co-packer.
- No processing or manufacturing. Teal does not blend, formulate, cook, or alter your product in any way.
- Sealed goods only. Product must arrive as sealed, finished, individually packaged units. Teal packs those units into secondary packaging; it never opens them.
The workable split for food and beverage brands: your filling co-packer seals the product, then ships finished units to Teal for retail-ready packing, multipacks, displays, and kitting, in packaging Teal printed for you.
How Is a Co-Packing Project Scoped?
Every job is quoted to spec. A typical project moves through six steps:
- Share your product dimensions, unit counts, destination format (retail case pack, multipack, kit, or display), and any retailer requirements.
- Teal quotes the packaging and the pack-out together as one project.
- Dielines are designed free, and you approve a digital proof with up to 2 revision rounds before anything prints.
- Packaging production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval (complex or high-volume jobs take longer), plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery, with express and economy options.
- Your sealed finished goods arrive at the West Chicago center.
- Teal kits, packs, and assembles to your spec sheet, then ships to your warehouse, your distributor, or individual recipients.
What you supply: the sealed product, a pack-out spec (what goes in each unit, in what orientation), ship-to details, and your brand artwork. What Teal supplies: the printed packaging, the dielines, the labor, the storage, and the shipping.
Why Print and Pack With One Vendor?
Print shops deliver boxes to your dock and stop. 3PLs pack goods but do not print packaging, so your custom box becomes someone else's inbound inventory. Teal does both: it prints the packaging and performs the pack-out, so the box and the product meet at the same fulfillment center under one quote.
- No handoff between printer and packer. Your packaging is already stocked at the center that packs it. No third-party receiving, no extra freight leg, no finger-pointing between vendors.
- Dielines built for the pack-out. Inserts, dividers, and display structures are engineered around your exact kit contents from the start, not retrofitted afterward.
- One quote, one point of accountability. Packaging from $0.44 per unit at volume, free US shipping on packaging, and the pack-out priced in the same conversation.
Contract Packaging, Kitting, or Pick and Pack: Which Do You Need?
These services overlap, and Teal runs all of them from the same center. Pick by the shape of your project:
| Service | Right for | Where to start |
|---|---|---|
| Contract packaging / co-packing | Volume runs of multipacks, retail case packs, and display-ready sets | This page; request a quote |
| Kitting and assembly | Marketing kits, welcome kits, curated multi-SKU sets | Kitting services |
| Pick, pack, and ship | Ongoing per-order ecommerce fulfillment | Pick, pack, and ship |
| Subscription box fulfillment | Recurring monthly box runs | Subscription box fulfillment |
For budget planning, the fulfillment and kitting pricing guide breaks down how pack-out work is charged, and the West Chicago fulfillment center page covers the facility itself. The full service menu lives on the custom packaging fulfillment and 3PL page. Ready to scope a project? Request a quote, call (224) 546-8325, or email info@tealpackaging.com.
