The Packsize Innovation Center in Kentucky, US, covers an area of 240,000ft². Credit: Packsize.
Packsize provides packaging-related accessories, including carton sealers, dimensioning systems, printers, scanners, strapping machines, and more. Credit: Packsize/Business Wire.
The company’s X Series packaging machinery, including the X4, X5, and X7, deliver intelligent packaging. Credit: Packsize/Business Wire.

Packsize®, a packaging solutions company, opened a state-of-the-art innovation centre in Louisville, Kentucky, US, in August 2024, to improve its operational capabilities.

The facility fosters an environment conducive to business growth, team development, and a steadfast commitment to sustainability.

With the capacity to accommodate 200 staff members, the Packsize Innovation Center also provides ample room for prospective expansion.

Location

Nestled in Louisville, the innovation centre is strategically positioned to enhance the company’s infrastructure in North America and to provide superior service to its expanding clientele.

Packsize Innovation Center details

The facility spans an area of 240,000ft2. It bolsters the company’s manufacturing capabilities, offers customers redundancy and logistical advantages, and guarantees adherence to the highest quality benchmarks.

Packsize leverages the facility to demonstrate its technology to global companies. The integration of research and development with production resources is designed to streamline the manufacturing process for Packsize’s North American customers, curtailing lead times and bolstering in-house capabilities.

The local assembly and refurbishment operations further Packsize’s ambition to diminish global carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the necessity for shipping from Europe.

The Louisville site lays the groundwork for scalable expansion and stimulates local employment in areas such as quality assurance, production, engineering, and research and development.

Product portfolio

Packsize offers an extensive product range that spans hardware, software, and an array of accessories and consumables, catering to diverse industries, including cabinetry, furniture, e-commerce packaging, manufacturing packaging, print marketing, and third-party logistics.

In the hardware domain, the company features renowned packaging machine series, the M series, the X series, and the iQ series.

The M series, including models such as the EM7 and M1, is known for its multi-patented automation, speed, and versatility, epitomising excellence in on-demand packaging machinery.

The X Series, encompassing the X4®, X5®, and X7®, are fully integrated packaging machines, delivering intelligent packaging automation to high-velocity, high-volume fulfilment centres, ensuring precise packaging of single and multiple items.

The iQ series presents a comprehensive, sustainable packaging solution for distribution, e-commerce, light manufacturing, and other sectors grappling with increased orders and limited space. It can produce 340 boxes in an hour without the need for an airdrop connection.

In the realm of software, Packsize offers the cloud-based PackNet Cloud Platform, with variations such as Cloud Report, Cloud Cube, Cloud Core, and Cloud DIM.

Additionally, Packsize provides packaging-related accessories, including carton sealers, dimensioning systems, printers, scanners, strapping machines, conveyors, and other material handling equipment, as well as manual gluers.

The company also supplies protective packaging, void fill materials, stretch film, strapping materials, printed corrugated, glue pellets, packaging tapes, and labels.

Moreover, Packsize delivers bespoke solutions such as custom printed boxes, custom product packaging, custom box design, and custom cardboard boxes, all aimed at reducing dimensional weight charges and waste.

The company’s services encompass on-demand packaging, packaging automation, damage prevention, custom packaging, and sustainable packaging.

Contractors involved

Hemmer Construction Company, a construction services provider, worked as the general contractor for the construction of the Packsize Innovation Center.

Marketing commentary on Packsize

Packsize is a smart and sustainable packaging solutions company. It helps businesses eliminate excess packaging, reducing both environmental impact and costs, ultimately improving business efficiency.

The company oversees its North American operations from its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and its European operations from its headquarters in Herford, Germany. Production is based in Enkoping, Sweden.