Teal Packaging is a US-based packaging supplier that runs warehousing and fulfillment from its West Chicago, Illinois center: one vendor supplies the printed custom packaging, stores it alongside your product inventory, kits on demand, and picks, packs, and ships orders from that held stock. Custom packaging starts at 50 units (100+ for specialty rigid), with volume pricing from $0.44 per unit, free dieline design, free US shipping, and a digital proof before print. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery. Typical fits include DTC brands, subscription boxes, corporate gifting programs, and startup welcome kits.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Warehousing and Fulfillment: Store, Kit, and Ship From One Center 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 warehousing and fulfillment in one place?
Warehousing and fulfillment means one partner receives your inventory, holds it, and ships orders from that same stock. Teal Packaging runs both at its West Chicago, Illinois center: receiving, inventory holding, kitting on demand, and outbound pick-pack. Teal also supplies the printed custom packaging and holds it there as inventory, so one vendor handles both the packaging and the fulfillment instead of the work splitting across two.
This page is for brands that have outgrown storing stock themselves. If the spare room, the garage, or a corner of the office is full of boxes and someone on your team spends afternoons taping cartons, the fix is not more shelving. It is moving inventory to a center that stores it and ships it for you.
How does receiving work at the West Chicago center?
Inbound stock is scheduled ahead, checked against the counts you declared, and shelved as available inventory. That applies to product you send from your own suppliers and to packaging arriving from Teal's production runs, which moves straight into holding without ever crossing your dock.
A typical inbound looks like this:
- Tell Teal what is coming. SKUs, quantities, and carton details, so receiving knows what to expect.
- Freight arrives in West Chicago. From your supplier, your old storage space, or Teal's own production.
- Counts are verified. Received quantities are checked against declared quantities, and discrepancies are flagged to you rather than quietly absorbed.
- Stock is shelved as available inventory. From that point, orders can draw on it for kitting and pick-pack.
What does inventory holding look like?
Your goods sit as US stock in West Chicago until orders call for them. Product and packaging are held together, so a kit never waits on a second vendor's truck. Storage terms are quoted with your project rather than pulled from a generic rate card.
Holding stock in the US matters because of where packaging comes from. Teal is a US-based packaging supplier with overseas production, which is how per-unit pricing gets down to $0.44 at volume. The tradeoff is production time: from about 7 business days after proof approval, longer for complex or high-volume jobs. Holding finished stock in West Chicago absorbs that lead time. Orders ship from the shelf while the next production run is still in transit, and the practical rule is simple: reorder before stock runs low, not after it runs out.
Can Teal kit and pack orders on demand from stored inventory?
Yes. Kitting on demand means kits are assembled when a send or an order actually drops, pulled from held stock, instead of being pre-built months ahead and going stale. Outbound pick-pack then picks each order, packs it in the branded packaging Teal printed, and ships it to one address or to a list of individual recipients.
That covers the usual shapes of work: DTC orders packed one at a time, welcome kits assembled per new hire, influencer and PR sends built per campaign, and bulk shipments to an office, a retailer, or an event. The per-order mechanics live on the pick, pack, and ship service page, and assembly detail is on kitting and assembly services. If every parcel goes to a different person, see shipping custom boxes to individual recipients.
Why does one vendor for the packaging and the fulfillment matter?
Because at a standalone 3PL, your custom packaging is an outsider. You buy it from someone else, freight it in, and it is handled as merchant-supplied material that the warehouse had no part in making. Printers have the opposite gap: they deliver finished boxes to your dock and stop. Teal closes that gap: the same partner supplies the printed packaging, holds it as inventory in West Chicago, and packs your orders in it, so you brief one team for the print run and the fulfillment, not two.
| What you need | Packaging printer | Standalone 3PL | Teal Packaging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints your custom packaging | Yes | Typically supplied by you | Yes |
| Stores product inventory | No | Yes | Yes |
| Kits and ships orders | No | Yes | Yes |
| Vendors on the project | You still need a 3PL | You still need a printer | One |
One vendor also means one quote and one point of accountability. If a box arrives damaged or a kit is missing a piece, there is no printer blaming the warehouse and no warehouse blaming the printer.
Who is a fit for Teal's warehousing and fulfillment, and who is not?
Teal runs one fulfillment center in West Chicago, Illinois, not a national multi-node network. That is the honest line to draw before you shortlist anyone, because it decides the question for some buyers on its own.
Good fit: brands where the packaging is part of the product experience, and where one location covers the volume. Subscription boxes, corporate gifting programs, employee welcome kits, influencer sends, and DTC brands with steady order flow that want the printed packaging, storage, and outbound on a single invoice. If you are shipping from a founder's garage today, this is the step up. See small-business fulfillment for the low-volume version of this fit.
Not a fit: brands that need inventory split across multiple regional warehouses to tune ground transit zones nationwide, or enterprise order volumes that call for a distributed 3PL network. If that is your profile, a multi-node 3PL is the right tool, and Teal can still print the packaging side and hold it while your 3PL handles product. For everyone in between, a single Midwest location shipping from US stock is a sensible center of gravity.
How does a warehousing and fulfillment project start?
Start with a quote request that covers both halves: the packaging you want printed and the fulfillment work behind it. Every project is quoted to spec, and the quote is where storage, kitting, and outbound handling get priced against your actual volumes.
- Request a quote. Share SKUs, expected monthly order volume, kit contents, and packaging specs at the quote form or (224) 546-8325.
- Design and proof. Dieline design is free, with full-color printing, two revision rounds, and a digital proof before anything prints. Custom projects start at 50 units, specialty rigid at 100 or more.
- Production. From about 7 business days after proof approval, longer for complex or high-volume runs. Packaging headed into fulfillment moves straight into holding; anything shipping to you instead gets free US shipping with 2 to 5 business days delivery.
- Inbound to West Chicago. Finished packaging moves into holding, and you route your product inventory to the center.
- Go live. Orders are kitted, picked, packed, and shipped from US stock; outbound order shipping is quoted with your project.
What you supply: your product inventory, a SKU list, kit build instructions, and an order profile. What Teal supplies: the packaging, the space, and the hands. Not sure about print quality yet? The free sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first custom order) settles that before you commit inventory to anyone.
Pair warehousing and fulfillment with the rest of the stack
Cost questions have their own page: fulfillment and kitting pricing explains how projects are typically structured, so this page stays about the work itself. Recurring programs slot in cleanly: subscription box fulfillment for monthly sends, gift and corporate kitting for seasonal gifting, and company swag kits for teams shipping to employees. Location detail lives on the Chicago fulfillment center page, and the fulfillment and 3PL hub maps every service in one place. Startups building their first hiring class can start smaller with startup welcome kits.
Warehousing and fulfillment FAQs
Can Teal store inventory it did not print?
Yes. The West Chicago center receives product stock from your own suppliers alongside the printed packaging Teal supplies, holds both, and kits and ships from the combined inventory. Schedule the inbound ahead with SKUs and counts so receiving can verify what arrives.
How much does warehousing and fulfillment cost at Teal?
Every project is quoted to spec against your volumes, so there is no flat rate card to publish. The packaging side starts at 50 units (100 or more for specialty rigid) with volume pricing from $0.44 per unit, free dieline design, and free US shipping on packaging orders. Request a quote with your SKUs and expected monthly orders for firm numbers.
How fast can we go live?
Packaging production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, with complex or high-volume jobs taking longer. Once packaging and product stock are received in West Chicago, orders ship from US inventory. The full go-live timeline depends on kit complexity and your inbound schedule, so it is confirmed in your quote.
Does Teal ship orders directly to my customers?
Yes. Outbound pick-pack covers bulk shipments to a single address and ship-to-recipient sends to lists of individual addresses, which is how employee kits, influencer campaigns, and DTC orders typically run.
Is Teal a national 3PL network?
No. Teal operates one fulfillment center in West Chicago, Illinois. That suits brands that want the printed packaging, inventory holding, and outbound shipping handled by one vendor, rather than a printer plus a separate 3PL. A brand that needs stock distributed across several regional warehouses is better served by a multi-node 3PL, and Teal says so rather than pretending otherwise.
